sudsmaster
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I have personally carried a live grown possum (with gloved hands) from my back yard to the street for dispersal. It was playing dead, of course. Yes, they do have sharp looking needle-like teeth, but they are not aggressive and would rather play dead or shuffle away from you. Raccoons are completely different - they will snarl and growl at you, and you won't have much flesh left on your hands if you try to grab one.
Possums are fairly finicky eaters, and are solitary wanderers. They don't cause the path of death and destruction that a band of raccoons will. I have never caught a possum trying to catch and eat my pond fish, but have witnessed raccoons trying to open pet turtles and eat the fish. The raccoons will also uproot pond plants and generally wreck havoc on an unprotected pond. I like possums particularly because I understand they will eat garden snails - although I've never seen one do it.
A possum can make a mess though. I had one that got accidentally trapped in my workshop. It left little scat offerings on the tops of work benches and desks.
Possums are fairly finicky eaters, and are solitary wanderers. They don't cause the path of death and destruction that a band of raccoons will. I have never caught a possum trying to catch and eat my pond fish, but have witnessed raccoons trying to open pet turtles and eat the fish. The raccoons will also uproot pond plants and generally wreck havoc on an unprotected pond. I like possums particularly because I understand they will eat garden snails - although I've never seen one do it.
A possum can make a mess though. I had one that got accidentally trapped in my workshop. It left little scat offerings on the tops of work benches and desks.