Four-Legged Critter in Attic
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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.
We have both possums and raccoons here-and they don't like each other-they both eat about the same things.I don't care to mess with either.The ducks and geese that live in the pond go through the various yards and eat slugs and snails--candy to them-let them gorge on 'em.
mr_sparkle
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Sorry Toggles baby i should have told you i was coming to stay, I will try not to make any more mess while im up there!!!
Sorry Toggles baby i should have told you i was coming to stay, I will try not to make any more mess while im up there!!!
First I should point out that possums in Australia are absolutely no relation to the possum or opossum in USA. Unfortunately when this continent was first explored by white fellers the botanists in the expeditions were often pretty unimaginative men who named newly discovered plants and animals after similar looking ones they knew back home. So now many generations later we have a legacy of ash, box and oak trees, magpies, and possums, even rats, that are no relation to the animals with the same name on the other side of the planet. Many of them actually bear little resemblance.
Also: All native wildlife is protected and can't be hunted, killed, kept as a pet or sold.
Possums are protected but are quite common, to the point of being a pest in some areas including some cities.
(A bit of background info so you might get the joke which follows...)
This thread reminds me of the tale of the man who was out camping in the Australian bush. He had a campfire going and had just cooked himself a meal of possum. He had eaten about half the possum when he was apprehended by two wildlife service rangers who arrested him for killing and eating a protected native species. He was kept overnight in the police lockup and was in court the next day.
The Magistrate told him he was charged with killing and eating a protected species. This was a serious charge and he was in a lot of trouble. The magistrate asked, "How do you plead?"
The camper admitted he did eat the possum, but pleaded not guilty anyway because he was lost in the bush and was starving, only killing the possum to save himself from starvation.
The magistrate decided that this was a sufficient reason and dismissed the charges. Before releasing the camper, the magistrate asked him, "tell me, I have long been curious. What does possum taste like?"
The camper replied, "well, a bit like platypus and a bit like koala."
Chris.
Also: All native wildlife is protected and can't be hunted, killed, kept as a pet or sold.
Possums are protected but are quite common, to the point of being a pest in some areas including some cities.
(A bit of background info so you might get the joke which follows...)
This thread reminds me of the tale of the man who was out camping in the Australian bush. He had a campfire going and had just cooked himself a meal of possum. He had eaten about half the possum when he was apprehended by two wildlife service rangers who arrested him for killing and eating a protected native species. He was kept overnight in the police lockup and was in court the next day.
The Magistrate told him he was charged with killing and eating a protected species. This was a serious charge and he was in a lot of trouble. The magistrate asked, "How do you plead?"
The camper admitted he did eat the possum, but pleaded not guilty anyway because he was lost in the bush and was starving, only killing the possum to save himself from starvation.
The magistrate decided that this was a sufficient reason and dismissed the charges. Before releasing the camper, the magistrate asked him, "tell me, I have long been curious. What does possum taste like?"
The camper replied, "well, a bit like platypus and a bit like koala."
Chris.
frontaloadotmy
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Hilarious!!
Hilarious!!
Sorry Toggles baby i should have told you i was coming to st
Yes Sparkly, please do make an announcement.
I like to be informed when people are coming.
Yes Sparkly, please do make an announcement.
I like to be informed when people are coming.
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OHG!! Hairy guys.....
OHG I love hairy guys too.!!!! STOP!!!! You guys are going to make me PEEEE!!!!!!.....Bill in Az.....
OHG I love hairy guys too.!!!! STOP!!!! You guys are going to make me PEEEE!!!!!!.....Bill in Az.....
What is that smell? *SNIFF* *SNIFF*
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