Check out what greeted me on my porch when I got home from work today:
'possums are cool...the only marsupial in the northern hemisphere....I think I'll name him "scrappy"....since I caught him digging for scraps.
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Check out what greeted me on my porch when I got home from work today:
'possums are cool...the only marsupial in the northern hemisphere....I think I'll name him "scrappy"....since I caught him digging for scraps.
Had a friend who raised one. Said they musk like a skunk.
Cool My first thought was it was aa rat, nice photo
There's actually people who breed possums for pets.
Not sure I really warm to the idea. I've never woken up and said "You know, what this house really needs is a large undomesticated scavenger."
Each to his own, I guess. :-D
Be careful, it will eat you up!
Of course you can thump it on the head and it will fall over and play dead.
I saved one from a Labrador last weekend, and even though it was 100% fine, I could pick it up by the tail what time it was "playing possum" and it was a fat sucker too.
i have 2 large undomesticated scavengers at home - they're called childrenOriginally Posted by Wolf
I'm amazed. No possum myth's yet.
However, the actual spelled name is "opossum"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum
The more ya know. If you plan on keeping him, I think you should read XD
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