#9845 - Sewerlamb! (aries minor subterraneus)

Sewerlambs haunt the deepest recesses of the secret bowels of major cities throughout the world. This shy and flighty mammal is rarely glimpsed for more than a moment - whilst the creatures are entirely blind, they can detect the light from a blundering human's torch using psychic powers, and run off when disturbed. The closest most of us will get to a sewerlamb is when we hear their thin, mournful bleating echoing through a faucet.

Number of legs: 4

Size: Normal sheep mass compressed into the space of a lamb due to confined pipe living.

Habitat: Sewers.

Diet: Sewerlambs have never been observed eating, but rat bones and old toilet paper have been found in their stools.

Social grouping: Scientists don't really know about the social patterns of sewerlamb communities as it is seldom possible to see more than two together within the slim arc of a flashlight. However, they probably live in very long, thin flocks.

Reproduction: Unknown. Possibly egg-based, as warm, backwater sewers are thought to provide a kind of 'external womb'.

Relationship with man: In some poor urban areas, sewerlambs are shepherded by small, hunchbacked children who round them up with terriers and sticks. Occasionally, sewerlambs are slaughtered for their pallid, stringy flesh, but more frequently, the bent shepherds make their living by selling sewerlamb wool, which is much sought after due to it's abrasive wispiness and unique colouring.