Nocturnal visitor
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Look what I saw last night hiding under my kid's little tikes picnic bench... My daughter thinks he's cute. My wife calls it a "rat". It actually is a Didelphis virginiana. |
It's actually a marsupial, same family as the kangaroo and bandicoot. They're very good at pest control and 'removing' dead critters, so to speak.
I've always been a been fond of them, myself.
Posted by Burningbird at
This looks just like a picture from our house. We have a similar picnic table and used to see possums out on our deck. They lived under our deck and we were worried about damage from their burrowing. We borrowed a trap, caught one, let it out in a nice place in the country, caught another and let it out in the same place. The trap was a wire box with a pedal at the far end. Hand food from a string over the pedal, the creature steps on the pedal, closes the door and traps it without hurting it.
Posted by Stephen S Kelley at
Nooks and crannies
Possumupdate:Marshmallowsare unceremoniously dumped from the bowl and completely ignored.Bananas are sniffed and nibbled, and then ignored.English muffins are priceless jewels which are instantly whisked away to parts unknown and savored at leisure.... [more]Trackback from Sam Ruby at
Another nocturnal visitor
We seem to have another nocturnal visitor.... [more]Trackback from Sam Ruby at
Seen one of those on my porch too. Watch out though--they can be vicious. Not something for the kids to encounter for sure.
Posted by Jon at
I raise two possums as pets which I go around to schools and educate kids on not to kill them and show them they mean no harm.They are very cute.
Posted by gary at
Odd... Internet explorer doesn't seem to display the jpeg (but does seem to recognize the link). Mozilla displays this fine... perhaps IE has a CSS bug?
Posted by Sam Ruby at