[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]
The last time I tried to threaten an opossum it screamed like a banshee at me. Of course, it had fallen into a trashcan and was making a bat out of hell racket at 3 in the morning.
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Now that’s interesting. The only time I saw one play possum was in my trashcan. Making every effort to avoid those teeth upon discovering him, I laid the can on it’s side expecting him to take off. He laid down and closed his eyes. I walked across the street and continued to observe him.
Possums are not terribly intelligent, BTW. He would periodically open his eyes and look over his shoulder at me. “I’m dead here, fella. Nothing to see here…How am I doin’?”
I had to move out of sight before he would leave.
[QUOTE=twickster]
People – we’re getting sidetracked here. It was on my bedside table, between a stack of books, the alarm clock, and a bottle of moisturizer.
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[QUOTE=twickster]
People – we’re getting sidetracked here. It was on my bedside table, between a stack of books, the alarm clock, and a bottle of moisturizer.
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I’m surprised you woke up enough to actually realize it was a possum.
I would have opened my eyes and said, “Hmm…a baby possum on my bedside table.” and rolled over and went back to sleep. I’m impressed you woke up enough to chase it with a broom and dustpan.
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle]
Yes, but how squeeeeee!
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That’s exact sound it would have made if she’d tried to get some moisturizer out of it.
A month or two ago, I took some trash out to the dumpster. When I opened the door to the chute it startled a possum which startled me as it jumped away and ran.
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]
We rescued a baby opossum, and before we gave him to an animal relocator (now in a state park-the possum, not the relocator) discovered that he could make himself itty bitty and fit between the bars of a parakeet cage. You might want to check for small holes.
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So they can bend space and possibly time? Makes you wonder why so many of them end up as roadkill.
One of my cats kept staring at my ceiling fan last night when I was trying to sleep. I wonder if there could have been a baby possum up there? I don’t have any moisturizer up there though.
Oh, I’ve got experience with young possums. Had one stuck in my house for four days one time. I kept finding dried up possum turds under things for months afterwards. I wish the darn thing had played possum. But no, he was a fast little bastard.
The first time one got in I tossed an old t-shirt over it and put him outside. After that, I’d put on a pair of gardening gloves and just grab 'em by the tail and toss 'em out.
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]
They still believe that lying down in the middle of the road is a better way to avoid a Mack truck than teleportation.
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Well, they know they can teleport - but they are never quite sure when they are when they finish.
Given the choice between a Mack truck and the heat death of the universe, well - the truck is quick.
You misunderstand the marsupial mindset, Sir. They believe that if they pretend to be dead, the truck will cease to pursue them, unaware that the truck is merely preceding from point “A” to point “B” with the toothy little fellow squarely between, quick or dead.
