Just the other day we had a little visitor like that too. It had gotten tangled in a cast net out behind the barn.
The net was twisted so tight around his little neck, I thought it was dead. It looked dead. The kids said it wasn't, so I thought it certainly would be kinder to.., you know :(
Tarheel got him out, and thought he was dead too, until he jumped to his feet and ran off.
His little playing "possum" trick almost got him a BB shot to his little head.
There were two boys, trigger happy boys, disappointed and happy at the same time.

Send that baby over here - we have a family in our yard!

YMCA at 11 today?

Wow. Lucky break for the Cracker swamp shack - dinner walked itself right into your house.

And you guys have a water heater?

Who knew?!

there is no daily bag limit on opossum, at least at Fisheatin' Creek.. but I believe it is statewide.

Just for future reference.

I had a VERY large (~25lb) mean aggressive male take up residence in my garage a few years ago that refused to depart even after 3 days of coaxing/prodding and leaving the door up so I could exit. It left feet first.

Dr. Schweitzer put bowls of water and dogfood outside the garage door to lure it out, so we'll see if that works.

Yeah, right. The remains of that things are leftovers in your ice box right about now.

Salted possum sandwiches for a week.

I'm trying to remember, isn't an opossum a marsupial, I think it's also the only marsupial native to the western hemispher.

I remember, I think I was 8 or 9, walking to my friends house, and I found a possum that was hit by a train, and she had a brood. I know they are agressive creatures on the ground, but I couldn't help but empathize with the dead mother, and the eventually to be dead brood.

I walked to my friends house, got him, and in stead of hanging out in our wooden palate "fort" we built, we looked at the possum and din't know what the hell to do.

Other than that, they are very cute, and aggressive vermin, but I remember that moment.

Ms. Cracker,
That poor thing!
It's our nation's only marsupial.
I think you should take it in as a pet, giving it good things to eat and raise it up to be just as sweet as you are.

What does Ol' Three Leg think about all this ??

sorry, the possum is the only north american marsupial, sorry. there is only one other in south america and the other four are in australia.

Sorry for the missremembrance.

Random, but related,

I don't know if anyone remembers me commenting about the raccoon a little less than a year ago that would come up to my screen door and stare at me?

I swear, that little raccoon bastard just did it again, and ran off when I saw him. He might have identity issues after my comments at aces.

It might be time to give up using that persimmon air freshener. I can't imagine the nappy hairballs one of these buggers would leave on the carpet.

csason, how can you say that?! Look at his widdle pink nose and cute black ears! He's just going about his bidness, like the rest of us. Safeway has plenty of good eats. Like chicken. Chickens are evil. Eat them with gusto. They're also good with rice.

Little possum, little possum,
where were you last evening?
I went to the Cracker's
and tried not to be seen.

Little possum, little possum,
and what did you get?
My picture was taken
and put on the net.

Little possum, little possum,
will you go again?
Yes, the man gave me dog food
and the lady let me in.

Little possum, little possum,
aren't you afraid of the dogs?
No, one is three legged
and the other sleeps like a log.

Little possum, playing possum
is what they call liars.
Yea, no kiddin', it what I did
when I met Cracker's sister
in Ft. Myers.

Little possum, little possum,
learn anything new?
Sure did, Csason wants to eat me,
and rg thinks I'm cute.

P.S.
I had children's language development classes last week and this. :)

Well, MOST marsupials use their tails as a third walking limb when upright.

Possums don't do that, so it didn't apply.

BTW, Tarheel would have me say that his home town community in North Carolina is...are you ready?...

Possum Trot
FOTFL !

Although I never heard of them eating possum, I know they regularly ate squirrel and groundhog. Southern wisdom, or Tall Tales, say that BB shot will ruin your squirrel stew, and that the only squirrel worth eating is one that has been shot squarely in the left eye.
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Also,you have to be a hardy one to hunt squirrels. Legend has it that squirrels protect themselves by having with a pact with mosquitos.
The story goes that mosquitos agreed to torment a hunter so bad they can't stand still long enough to take a good shot.

So, now you know what I know