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January 10th, 2006 at 9:47 pm

Squirrel-Rat Breeding Produces ‘Squirrat’

This sighting of a grey creature with a hairless tail has sparked debate as to whether it is a “squirrat”. Check out these photos.

Mythical beast ... is this a 'squirrat'?
 
Mythical beast … is this a ’squirrat’?
Are we going nuts — or is this evidence of a mythical cross-breed of squirrels and rats?
Artist Sia Sumaria, 41, snapped the animal in her back garden in central London.

Breeding ... inner city rat
Breeding … inner city rat

She said: “This creature appears to have a rat’s tail. I thought maybe it had crossed with a rat. Squirrels in my garden want nothing to do with it.”

Experts say it is a squirrel struck by hair loss.

But websites insist some have mated with inner-city rats resulting in hybrid offspring.

Sounds like a tall tail to us . . .

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