Opossums

[Scooter's Mom]

Gosh... now I feel bad. My only experience with them is hearing them in the backyard growing up and my mom shooting them with her .22 handgun. Not legal, but the police officer next door never turned her in!

My mom was a character though - she used to take a flounder gig and chase those big old field rats... they'd come into the yard and eat Thibideaux (her poodle) food. I'd call her at lunch and she'd answer the phone all out of breath and when I ask why she'd casually say, "oh I was just gigging some rats out back." (We lived next to a pasture with horses...)

I hadn't ever seen an opossum up close... thanks for the photo!

[DJFyrewolf36]

I saw an Opossum last night. We have a lot of snails in the yard and I guess he was out looking for them. He looked pretty small though, maybe he was young.
Opossums arent native to Nevada so this was the first time Ive ever seen one out it the wild. It was pretty neat!

[molucass]

My aunt went outside in her backyard one night to let her dogs go potty, and she noticed this little guy swimming in her pool.. Lol..
Not a very good pic, but she took it with her cell phone.

I think they are cute, but they do kinda freak me out a bit.