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Originally Posted by stevej37
I give the officer credit for picking the thing up without putting some gloves on.
They are about like a giant rat.
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Probably not a big deal as their MO is to play... opossum, uh, I mean dead. The only issue is that I think they also have a gland that puts of a stink when they play ,possum to complete the charade.
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Originally Posted by KC911
Haven't seen or smelled a skunk in a long time....
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I smell them around here frequently, but always at a distance, probably mostly from being hit by a car, I guess maybe from fending off some other critter. From a distance it's not really a bad smell, kind of sweet. I'd always wondered "what's the big deal?" Then one night years ago, driving home, I didn't see one, but I definitely smelled it, and it wasn't at a distance. I don't know if it had just been hit on the road that I was driving or what, but the smell was STRONG.
Now I get what the big deal is. At a distance, super diluted, not bad, up close, big dose, yikes! I can't even imagine what a direct hit would be like.
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Originally Posted by stevej37
^^^ I've eaten (a small amount) of raccoon...but I'll never try opossum.
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What? How about kangaroo or wallaby? I think people eat those. Same basic thing. I guess the one thing that's a little scary is that opossums eat a lot of ticks. I stopped running our Mercury discharge lamp outside at the house at night, but before I did, it would attrack a BUNCH of bugs. And we had a big ol' opossum that would wait until about 10pm and then come have his breakfast at the all you can eat. He had a pretty severe limp, but loved the bug buffet that our lamp created.
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Originally Posted by stevej37
^^^ skunks
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We have opossums, skunks, and armadillos in our yard. Something digs holes looking for snacks, but the holes are a little bigger than described above. I've been assuming it was the armadillo, but figured it could be any of them.