I grew up in the country, so saw them quite a lot Though my wife from suburbia, had never seen one. One morning she was taking out some trash and saw one eating the kick out from the bird feeder. She came back in, in a hurry claiming there was a big ugly animal under the picnic table. I told her what it was and the worst thing about them was their looks and that it would go away after getting its fill of bird seed. Years later she still remembers it by saying "Do you remember that ugly animal ...."
Friend of mine is a tree surgeon. On a job cutting down an old dead tree when the momma critter got killed. He knew I let my kids have odd pets, so we took in a dozen or so baby possums. Bottle fed them canned cat milk and played with them. Until they started biting. Did you know there are possum rescue organizations? My kids waved good bye (with bandaids on their fingers) and off to the country they went.
Urgh. That brings back NASTY memories. They are NOT nice animals, young or old. Ones this size give NASTY bites, and the older ones will too if you let them. They're also next to impossible to kill - it just about takes heavy artillery or cutlery as made on Forged In Fire. (If they end up in your attic or similar, you can't just throw them out - they -will- find a way back in. They're more destructive than raccoons sometimes. Drowning is about the only "easy" way to do it. )
This reminds me of the joke. Q: Do you know what Moosehead is? Answer below (Move your mouse to reveal the content) Answer below (open) Answer below (close) A: Well, in Canada, it's a beer. In Wyoming, it's a misdemeanour.
When my daughter was about 4, I was buckling her up in her car seat, when she said, Daddy, that skunk smiled at me. I asked her what skunk, and she said the one in the garbage can. I walked back to the can, and there was a large angry possum hissing at me. I drug the can out of the garage, dumped him out, and sent him on his way. He kept looking back at me, but he wasn't smiling.
Who'd of thought that a shaving board could be responsible for so many (potentially) ruined keyboards.
