Monday, April 22, 2013
Yet Another Can't-Remember Moment
I've been looking out at this back yard for 59 years, never before saw this creature which --as we speak -- is snuffling along a downed limb of the willow tree right in front of my office window (what little I can see out through the wreckage at the moment.) I'm sure it's not a dog or a cat. Long hairless tail. Considering how small and fluffy it is, it's surprisingly un-appealing. Looks sort of like a ghost. I have the impression the name begins with "o"?
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That's an opossum, Edith. Sometimes "possum." They are nasty creatures, mostly nocturnal, with 52 razor-sharp teeth. They'll do whatever they can to stay away from you, though.
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Must have been attracted to insects in the remains of the Willow tree. North America's only marsupial mammal, not closely related to true Australal-asian possums. NO usually seen by day, and unfortunatly, usually seen as road kill. But not this one: it will feast on carpenter ants!
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