OK, so they're friendly...
Should I be scared of the opossum? Probably not. Should I have him trapped by animal control and taken away? Probably not.The Opossum Society thinks they're good to have around, since they will eat mice, snakes, slugs, and other "pests."
Hmm... they eat mice, do they? I guess they aren't so bad after all. And how little I remember from primary school: Opossums are marsupials (not rodents), and they have a prehensile tail. Cool!
posted by Jeff @ 9:35 AM
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They aren't too bad, but they can carry rabies, and if you run over them in a car, their bones are so strong, they can punture a tire. They also have very sharp teeth and claws.
They do rarely attack humans..but they love trash, so keep your lid securely lashed down. If you do run over one, you can do what they do in the south and stew it up.
According to the Opossum Society, they rarely carry rabies because of their low body temperature. Not that I'm getting close to one any time soon!
No handy source of trash for an opossum in my yard, since I have a solid, latching trash bin. But mice... who knows how many mice an enterprising marsupial could find here!
In the new movie "Over the Hedge", the Opossum is played by William Shatner. For some odd reason, it fits.
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