Monday night my mom stepped outside and heard a thump as something hopped over the fence. She investigated and assumed that it was only our dumb cat Pumpkin chasing a mouse. But then a small fuzzy thing caught her eye: a baby opossom, small enough to hold in your hand. She picked it up and looked in the yellow books for someone who could take care of the opossom, and we took the baby there. She said it was too young to be on it's own, so the 'opossom lady' said she would take care of it until it was old enough to be released to the wild.
Wednesday night we had been talking about the miniature fuzzy ball. Opossoms have no maternal instinct and do not take care of their young very well. The babies hang to the mother's back, but if they fall off, she basically says "Screw you, I'm outta here," in opossom language. Then we found another one.
Tonight as we were saying goodnight to a friend, we spotted one crawling around under our wooden outdoor table. It was all wet and it's very hungry, so we've assumed that the mother has been killed somewhere near our yard. That or she's a very bad mother.
Don't think it's happened to anyone, but that's the question I pose. Has it?
Well aside from the fact that I had to go check the dictonary to know what an opossum is...I can say no. Nothing like that has ever happen to me. Most likelly because opossums are exclusive to North America lol Its basiclly just cats, dogs, a few things that crawl and bats around here.
im scared of mice and opposums,and other tiny creatures that dont have furry tails
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there all over the place here in florida... usually you see them smooshed on the side of the road. its really gross because they really explode out of that shell.
Oh man yes, theres tons of opossums on my street. They only come out a night. Huge bastards with sharp teeth. Very scary. They crawl out of the storm drains and onto the trees.
Look Rex, here's a good momma
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we have giant alligator and crocidiles here in the swamp land of florida... they eat possums and small children. my brother and i once caught a baby crock... momma soon came by and we ended up cutting the line... last thing i needed was Jaws the alligatoring
dunno...never met one. But i've come to meet another wildlife member while spending my summer here in canada. Bloody bastards..met one the other night..almost gave me a heart attack.
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....i just love mthey way these skuns walk every night WHEREVER they like..(ppl's backyards, playgrounds..etc) and noone does anything (but running, ofcourse)
I have heard that Skunks make great pets if you have the smell removed. Even better than cats.
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Aug 8th, 2003 05:03 AM
lol Its basiclly just cats, dogs, a few things that crawl and bats around here.
. Over here in Australia we just call em Possums.
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