Tuesday, December 21, 2004


Last night we had an opossum visitor in our back yard!! It was not the first time I had seen one, but it was James' first and he was quite suprised: thought it was a giant rat at first. But this guy eats rats and mice, so he's a friend of mine! (More info here.)
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posted by Jan at 9:05 AM

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Opossum's eat rats and mice? Hmmn. I really don't think so, but I won't go to the stake over it. From what I can tell, I think cat food is their chocolate. :o)

Nice blog. I'm perhaps partial since I'm an Okie as well. Dawn Patrol had a link. Blessings to you.

1:04 PM, December 21, 2004  
Blogger Jan said...

Yes, please don't go to the stake! Here's what I found on the internet:
The opossum is omnivorous, feeding upon almost anything that it can find or catch: rats, mice, moles, slugs, snails, shrews, worms, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, crickets, frogs, garbage, fruit (especially persimmons), corns, berries, and even road kill. That habit gets about 8.3 million opossums killed a year. An opossum seeing an object on a road during the night may believe it to be road kill, and may either freeze in the headlight of a car, or try to run away. As opossums run very slowly, they often get killed. Opossums also enjoy eating snakes, and will kill and eat all snakes including poisonous ones. They are immune to the snake venom, and relish copperhead, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and others.
(http://www.wildliferescueleague.org/report/opossum.html)

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1:29 PM, December 21, 2004  

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