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<\/p>\nLast week, before work, I needed something from the garage. I flipped on the patio light to go get it, and heard a big rustling noise.<\/p>\n
I caught sight of a furry bottom and a naked tail walking slowly away. Of COURSE, I grabbed the camera. But the possum was very well camouflaged, and my camera couldn\u2019t focus.<\/p>\n
Of course I told Chris about it, when I made my 11 o\u2019clock wake-up call from work.<\/p>\n
\u201cBaby! I saw a speckle-bottom possum in the yard this morning!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid he leave?\u201d Apparently, Chris had a low opinion of rodent-tailed creatures living in our backyard.<\/p>\n
That is, until the next day. He caught site of my speckle-bottom possum on the neighbor\u2019s roof\u2014in the daylight! Then his marshmallow center took over, because the possum is cute.<\/p>\n
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He called me to tell me about it. \u201cDid you know that the possum in the only marsupial in America? It\u2019s not a rodent. In fact, it eats rats and mice. And insects. They have a very low body temperature, so they can\u2019t carry rabies. They are actually good to have around.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSee? I told you it was cute\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cYeah, maybe it will come back to our yard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt says that possums don\u2019t like to be out in the daylight. And they are not so good at climbing. I wonder how it got on the roof?\u201d<\/p>\n
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“He looks kind of sad. I wonder how they will get him off the roof? He must have gone up there because they have dogs in the backyard. He ran to get away from the dogs and now he can’t get down.”<\/p>\n
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About an hour later, a police car drove up and stopped in front of our house. Chris was feeling a bit uneasy. Maybe the neighbors, whom we didn\u2019t really know, had taken umbrage with his photographing their house.<\/p>\n
The policeman walked over to their house and came out again. Chris did his best to look busy at his computer while he drove away.<\/p>\n
But then, an animal control van came and caught our possum.<\/p>\n
We are afraid to find out what happens after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week, before work, I needed something from the garage. I flipped on the patio light to go get it, and heard a big rustling noise. I caught sight of a furry bottom and a naked tail walking slowly away. … Continue reading