Sunday, May 21, 2006

Possum Pie, anyone? haha

Just wanted to share a pic of a local critter who decided to eat the cat food on our back stoop last night. I have shared pics before of the wildlife around here but this one was special - my daughter and I were actually able to sit right behind the screen door a mere foot away from this possum! After watching her a few minutes, we discovered why...look at her belly, folks. Alli and I watched this possums babies moving around in her pouch! It was really neat! Poor thing was really hungry cuz she was feeding young uns too. sad.gif

Just FYI: Possums are the ONLY marsupial in all of North America, and I for one, think it is awesome! A lot of people think these critters are ugly but I think theyre kinda cute. yes.gif And actually, you really WANT to have possums around your home. They are the equivalent of land vultures, they eat all kinds of carrion and garbage etc and eat rodents around your house. good.gif
Our friendly neighborhood possum...lol...

3 comments:

bahama865 MSN said...

sharon, we have possumss here in florida they are a real nuisance. i am going to richmond for the wedding of my stepdaughter, which will be held at the lewis ginter botanical gardens. i have never been to va. my hubby is from galax. later va. beach ,worked DEA norfolk office. we met in freeport, bahamas where he was with the bureau there. now ret,d here , he works tamp fed. court. where did you school in verdun? vch? hope we can meet but i realize you will be in mtl. at that time, am planning montreal july. to see diane pigeon and some of my relatives. bennett was not common in verdun, i think there was a leonard bennett. chow. carolyn

happydi2 MSN said...

Hi Sharon: Your mother possom is adorable, and you are very fortunate to be so close to her......all creatures have their place and we can learn a lot from them. It is very upsetting learning about more and more animals, birds and plants being placed on the endangered species list......Dianne

multipurposeutensil MSN said...

Sharon, I want to second Dianne's message word for word.   Ralph.