I don't care what anybody says. I love opossums

[gardenista]

They are cute and have family values. The mothers let the babies stay on their backs and take them everywhere with them. They attack and kill rats and also eat snails and slugs.

Opossums are your friend.

If I knew how to post a pic, I would post a very cute opossum pic.

That is all.

[pitohui]

1. love 'em stuffed, love 'em fried

not bad in a possum etouffee either





(kidding!!!!)

[gardenista]

6. AYEP... Yew jus' gotta watch out fer the gland...

I hear there's some kinda stinky gland yew gotta git ridda 'fore theys good eatin'.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Here ya go....

http://www.opossum.org/facts.htm

[gardenista]

3. Awwwww... LOL, I love it! Are you a member?

I need a new passion! I think I found it!

Actually, I had one try to come into my house the other day. He was very sweet looking, and he listened when I said that he wasn't allowed IN my house, but he could live UNDER it if he wanted.

I think we've come to an understanding.

Perhaps if I join the OSOUS, he'll know I'm serious about my devotion.

Since he showed up, we've had no rats around. (Yes, we had them in our yard. Horrors.)

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. No, I am not a member.

Hadn't even heard of the OSOUS before either. Just figured I'd oblige with a photo. Opossums are cute, harmless-to-human animals. Now squirrels on the other hand....:evilfrown:

[gardenista]

12. Squirrels are my enemy!

Perhaps I'm over compensating.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. Not over compensating.

Opossums never made a career of eating their way through my house.

:D

[gardenista]

15. Nor taking one bite out of your tomatoes and moving on to the next one

They do the same with melons, pumpkins, everything good.

I worry that the squirrel germs will emmanate into the rest of the fruit so I toss it.

[gardenista]

16. Oh yeah, sorry about your house. The garden marauding

pales in comparison!

If there were a device available for large-scale squirrel annihilation, I would so be the first one in line!

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Oh, I had garden marauding as well....

It was why I stopped planting tomatoes.

The house, ah well. I no longer live there and it is now up to the new residents to deal with it when the squirrels get in again...despite all the repairs I had made prior to selling to keep the #$%*%$ beasts out where they belong. And, soon will be the season....

[two gun sid]

4. How about this one?

Good info at this website: http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/

[gardenista]

7. Awww... the pink nose, the pink eyes... the pink claws...

I'm in love

They look so prehensile

[Xipe Totec]

5. We call them tlacuaches

And them's good eatin' yum!

[gardenista]

8. Look how sweet the teeth are!

Like little needles! How could anyone resist!?

[SoyCat]

9. It's not a popular opinion but I, too, have always liked opossums!

I used to see them eating persimmons in the fall (when I lived in NC). The trees were full of fat 'possums and I loved watching them.

[gardenista]

10. That's a nice visual. They're really amazing animals.

Plus, I bet nobody ELSE was eating those persimmons!

Glad to have another admirer here on DU! Looks like we have a few more, too! ;-)

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Never had an opinion one way or the other until I took out the

trash about 5 years ago and there was one in my garbage can. Quite a shock that was, for sure.

Possum wasn't too happy, either. :scared:

[gardenista]

17. Awww... he was prolly trying to protect your trash from the raccoons!

Guess you're not so much of a fan, then?

Don't be scared!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. They are cute; but what is it that makes them

sit on the side of the road, staring at your car, waiting to cross at the very moment there's not enough time to avoid hitting them?

[gardenista]

23. Opossum pathos

Yet another reason for us to give them our love. Doomed creatures.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Awhile back, we had a town "code-enforcement" guy visit us...

He was just your average small-town official who liked to find folks to throw his weight around with. Not that our yard was pristine or anything...we had an old car in the driveway for about a year that really needed to be towed.

Anyway, officer Doo-dooright started telling me about the town rat problem. I mentioned to him that in the 15 years I'd lived here, I'd never once seen a rat in our neighborhood.

He said, "Welllll, we've got 'em boy I tell ya."

"I've seen raccoons and oppossums...in fact I saw a baby oppossum walking along my neighbor's porch rail just the other day."

"Oh yeah...we've got those varmints too!"

:eyes::eyes::eyes:

[trof]

19. Stewed with sweet 'taters!

Love that roadkill.
;-)

[Pool Hall Ace]

20. I admire your opossum-love.

I had one cross the road in front of me once. Scared me! :scared:

[trof]

22. OK, but what about MUSKRAT love?

If it's good enough for The Captain and Tenielle, it's good enough for me.
;-)