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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:45:46 PM EDT
2 got munched from a red tailed hawk, found these 4 under mamma buzzard bait...
probably to young to live on their own, not sure, if so, they will be dead in a day or 2
dropped them into a groundhog hole it looked like mom was using..      |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:49:38 PM EDT
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Mother nature does not watch Disney. If I found some that young I would raise them as a pet.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:50:27 PM EDT
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We're you mowing a field? Had 2 different friends mowing last week and one of them said the hawks were feasting on the rats running from the tractor. The other said the Mexican Eagles were eating baby rabbits. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:50:34 PM EDT
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take them to the ranger station. they could die of heat exhaustion out there
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:50:53 PM EDT
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Opie!
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:51:14 PM EDT
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I see a couple of service marsupials in your future.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:51:56 PM EDT
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Gotta admit - they are kinda cute and ugly all at the same time.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:52:46 PM EDT
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put it in a sock and beat it
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:53:28 PM EDT
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Everyone wants to be loved.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:55:35 PM EDT
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D'awwwww :3
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:11:34 PM EDT
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shoulda kept them as pets!
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:11:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: put it in a sock and beat it |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:13:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We're you mowing a field? Had 2 different friends mowing last week and one of them said the hawks were feasting on the rats running from the tractor. The other said the Mexican Eagles were eating baby rabbits.   |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:14:13 PM EDT
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They're cute, but I don't know shit about raising Austrian marsupials.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:14:28 PM EDT
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:19:36 PM EDT
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away This is interesting. Never heard of keeping them as pets before. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:26:19 PM EDT
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I was raised by a clan of angry ground hogs. I'm triggered
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:30:07 PM EDT
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</header> Several states in the U.S. are reporting record populations of ticks and increasing tick-borne disease transmission, like Lyme disease, but clearing your yard of these blood suckers might be only one opossum away. Yes, that giant rat-looking animal that plays dead when threatened and hisses like the devil’s spawn when scared is actually extremely beneficial to humans and other mammals. Opossums’ diets include snakes, snails, slugs, mice, rats, and carrion. Perhaps the most intriguing item on an opossum’s daily menu is an even more dreaded human foe: the tick. Opossums’ voracious appetite for ticks can nearly obliterate a tick population. Scientist Rick Ostfeld points out that few ticks survive a run in with an opossum. These animals, often called filthy, are actually remarkable groomers and spend almost all of their free time grooming themselves. Ticks are attracted to these mammals, but most of them never survive on an opossum’s body long enough to taste a single drop of blood. "So these opossums are walking around the forest floor, hoovering up ticks right and left,” Ostfeld explained, "killing over 90% of these things, and so they are really protecting our health.” Michigan State University entomologist Howard Russell told the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Detroit Free Press[/span] that the tick population is increasing. Russell says that both male and female ticks feed on blood and these thirsty bloodsuckers can transmit diseases like Lyme and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:32:32 PM EDT
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away not to mention they will eat every tick on your property |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:32:42 PM EDT
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This is interesting. Never heard of keeping them as pets before. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away This is interesting. Never heard of keeping them as pets before. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:32:57 PM EDT
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away until they play possum when you call their hissing bluff |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:33:40 PM EDT
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We're you mowing a field? Had 2 different friends mowing last week and one of them said the hawks were feasting on the rats running from the tractor. The other said the Mexican Eagles were eating baby rabbits.
https://scontent.fash1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10173553_10207915364433845_6313832136074087012_n.jpg?oh=13b01dc2206baf5f257a081560d72c7d&oe=57D67325 An interesting irony. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:37:24 PM EDT
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We're you mowing a field? Had 2 different friends mowing last week and one of them said the hawks were feasting on the rats running from the tractor. The other said the Mexican Eagles were eating baby rabbits.
https://scontent.fash1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10173553_10207915364433845_6313832136074087012_n.jpg?oh=13b01dc2206baf5f257a081560d72c7d&oe=57D67325 Noice! |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 6:51:50 PM EDT
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Only on the darkest, coldest nights, does my werekitteh come out, and howl at the moon. For the night is dark, and full of terrors.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:23:55 PM EDT
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Shower possum.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:34:24 PM EDT
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Thread should be titled I fucked some birds out of a good meal today.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:35:56 PM EDT
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Send me one.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:39:04 PM EDT
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I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away At least until they play "dead". College roommate saw a opossum crossing the road and nearly crashed pulling to the shoulder. Got out and kicked the bastard until he tapped out. Took it back to college and put it in the trash can in front of one of the girl's dorms. Once it "came alive", hilarity ensued. Or is that Hillary ensured? Same difference. Both blonde and gross to look at. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:51:28 PM EDT
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That's funny...............I have a Were-Possum that visits at night and climbs onto the deck to feast on leftover outdoor kitteh food..............and the indoor cats hiss and growl at him
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Only on the darkest, coldest nights, does my werekitteh come out, and howl at the moon. For the night is dark, and full of terrors. http://<a href=http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h368/SurfAnimal77/Kitteh003-1.jpg</a>" /> |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:53:05 PM EDT
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We're you mowing a field? Had 2 different friends mowing last week and one of them said the hawks were feasting on the rats running from the tractor. The other said the Mexican Eagles were eating baby rabbits.
https://scontent.fash1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10173553_10207915364433845_6313832136074087012_n.jpg?oh=13b01dc2206baf5f257a081560d72c7d&oe=57D67325 Sweet 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:55:25 PM EDT
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Thread should be titled I fucked some birds out of a good meal today. And I just fucked over a bunch of quail and turkey nests. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 7:58:34 PM EDT
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Hope they make it.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 8:25:39 PM EDT
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A back porch visitor.
They don't stay around long and don't have a concept of a highway being dangerous. 
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Posted: 5/25/2016 10:06:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd raise them at that size... as much as we post possum shit on arfcom. they make a pretty good security .. and will go after mr. bad guy.... you get one of these things right pissed a bear stays away This is interesting. Never heard of keeping them as pets before. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile  https://youtu.be/Wyd8k6_qOnYIt would essentially be the same as keeping a pet bat. My kids and wife would freak out over a pet possum  |
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Posted: 5/25/2016 10:17:31 AM EDT
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They are pretty easy to raise at that age. Get some yogurt, meal worms, decent dog kibble, fruits, veggies, anything like that. Oh yeah, water, can't forget that. If they won't eat at first, you can get KMR (kitten replacement milk) from a pet store and feed them with a eye dropper or syringe.
They can be quite entertaining. 
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Posted: 5/25/2016 10:19:49 AM EDT
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I see a couple of service marsupials in your future. Okay this is funny. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:18:22 AM EDT
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I think the Cleveland Museam of Natural History might have taken in those little buggers. They raise a lot of orphaned critters.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:32:05 AM EDT
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They sure are cute when they're small.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:33:11 AM EDT
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Just because they are little, doesn't mean you shouldn't run them over.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:36:11 AM EDT
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I have seen some people keep them as pets for some reason. They would come up to you and tended to hang around the yard. As long as they don't tear anything up I guess they are beneficial.
The one I remember was named Speedbump. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:37:39 AM EDT
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They sure are cute when they're small. They are kind of cute at that age. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:57:09 AM EDT
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Great job op.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:11:28 AM EDT
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They're cute, but I don't know shit about raising Austrian marsupials. I got a kick out of this. FYI Austria has no marsupials, and 'possums are from South America. See "Great American Interchange" ~3mya after the isthmus of Panama formed. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:13:11 AM EDT
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put it in a sock and beat it this |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:17:10 AM EDT
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I see a couple of service marsupials in your future. LOL. "That's my seeing eye cat!" "... should we tell him that's an opossum?" "Naw, if the blind guy is happy just let him be." |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:19:19 AM EDT
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Thread should be titled I fucked some birds I have yet to see the good Professor post in this thread. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:28:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mother nature does not watch Disney. If I found some that young I would raise them as a pet. Meanest one animal I've ever seen! Little bastard would bite you with those little needle teeth just for fun. |
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Posted: 6/2/2016 7:22:45 PM EDT
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Um, sorry to burst bubbles, but....
https://www.google.com/search?q=opossum+diseases&oq=oppossum+dis&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.6422j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 Opossums carry diseases such as leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, trichomoniasis, and Chagas disease. They may also be infested with fleas, ticks, mites, and lice. Opossums are hosts for cat and dog fleas, especially in urban environments. |
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Posted: 6/2/2016 7:24:03 PM EDT
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Kittehs, not kittens
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Posted: 6/2/2016 7:24:17 PM EDT
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And here I thought you ordered the broccoli beef instead of the hunan chicken.
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