Dead Wallaby at the side of the M1. WTF?

[B Huey]

Coming home from Brum yesterday there was a dead wallaby/ young kangaroo that had been hit by a car. It was on the junction where the M1 joins the M25.

It caused me to do a cartoon style double take.

Anyone figure out how it may have got there?

[Alfa numeric]

It's a descendent of an escapee from a farm in the 70's IIRC. My Mum saw a mink in similar circumstances a few years ago.

[EDLT]

It was an escaped pet.

[PoleDriver]

There's a lot of them around, especially near Woburn!

[Oakey]

Could it be this one;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-14713...

Or maybe this one travelled further afield;

http://www.metro.co.uk/video/951106746001-wallaby-...

[cal216610]

Sure it wasn't a fawn.

[Bluebarge]

There are quite a few can be seen hopping around near (but outside) Whipsnade Zoo.

[RizzoTheRat]

Alfa numeric said:

My Mum saw a mink in similar circumstances a few years ago.

There's a hell of a lot of Mink around, a bunch of animal rights nutters released thousands of them some years back, thus decimating the wildlife in the area


I caught the end of the travel news on the radio they other day saying there were delays on a motorway somewhere due to a sofa on the carriageway! I did wonder if it was Eddies...

[AJS-]

I thought I saw a wallaby in Newcastle once. But it was just my neighbours' greyhound, having a st.

[cal216610]

RizzoTheRat said:

There's a hell of a lot of Mink around, a bunch of animal rights nutters released thousands of them some years back, thus decimating the wildlife in the area.

I remember that,
http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/97/10/tsg.directac...

[James1760]

reminds me of this that my mate found this in his shed last week.

[phumy]

B Huey said:

Coming home from Brum yesterday there was a dead wallaby/ young kangaroo that had been hit by a car. It was on the junction where the M1 joins the M25.

It caused me to do a cartoon style double take.

Anyone figure out how it may have got there?

Ok i will take a real random and wild guess and say that it hopped to where it was deaded...

[Adenauer]

James, WTF is that?

[James1760]

No idea, it is genuinly something that was found in a mates shed.. in Blackpool

[Adenauer]

James1760 said:

No idea, it is genuinly something that was found in a mates shed.. in Blackpool

Don't tell me he just chucked it in the bin without finding out what it is?

It could be an alien

[Buzz word]

Is that a shaved squirrel?

[GingerWizard]

badger

[RizzoTheRat]

Adenauer said:

James1760 said:

No idea, it is genuinly something that was found in a mates shed.. in Blackpool

Don't tell me he just chucked it in the bin without finding out what it is?

It could be an alien

Have you seen Attack The Block?

[Oakey]

James1760 said:

No idea, it is genuinly something that was found in a mates shed.. in Blackpool

Did he contact Blackpool Zoo?

http://www.firstnews.co.uk/news/blackpool-zoo-welc...

[wormburner]

I'm stuck on the motorway and I kangeroo...t.