This has to be one of the odder uses of iNaturalist for research that I’ve seen.
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Are there any observations of the hole on iNat?
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183513545
Edit: Less diagnostic example after it became a shrine:
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Surprised the news went with “Chicago Rat Hole” instead of the much better “Splatatouille” as named in the wiki page.
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A fine example of the mammalian order Road-indent-ia.
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Humans do this sort of thing. Here’s a shrine to a dead raccoon in 2015:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/deadraccoonto-honoured-by-toronto-with-sidewalk-vigil-1.3146036
Can someone find this observation on iNat?
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Not the racoon, but it reminds me of 2nd most favored cat observation on iNat (warning: dead). Here’s all cat observations sorted by favorites.
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That’s some dark humor and a fairly avant-garde iNat observation.
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Well obviously! Squirrels have four fingers on their front paws and five toes on their hind paws, while rats have five digits on all four paws.
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And on the evolutionary path to being opposable, from the look of it.
Not amused 
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Completely agree! I’m surprised it’s so well-liked given that it’s not adorable like many of the other cat observations.
Yeah. Can’t say I approve of it but it doesn’t violate any iNat rules since roadkill is allowable. Just poor taste. Although if I’d seen that I might have photo’d it also, just not posted it.
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I like @nonbinary-naturalist’s solution to this, which is the Alive Animals project.
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This one might be more amusing, even though it’s under mouse observations.