[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Identify this critter (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 3/10/2011 9:38:53 PM EDT
I was backing out of the driveway today and saw this critter strolling around the top of the snowbank by the mailbox. It was the size of a large cat, and I don't know what it is:
Its tail was almost a foot long, and it looked like a pink rat's tail with no hair. First thought was baby chupacabra, but no, its eyes weren't glowing. It actually looked like a raccoon with the mange, but I don't think raccoons get the mange. What is this bad boy? |
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Possum if you are serious about not knowing. Pigmy snow beaver if you're not. I'm dead serious about not knowing. Now off to look at possum photos to see if you're serious. I've lived in this house for 20 years and never seen one before Pretty sure. |
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Possum if you are serious about not knowing. Pigmy snow beaver if you're not. I'm dead serious about not knowing. Now off to look at possum photos to see if you're serious. I've lived in this house for 20 years and never seen one before I've never known someone who didn't know what an opposum was. I've had an opposum as a pet (they're actually very cute and friendly when tame), and there are a lot of wild ones around here, so yeah, that's definitely an opposum. Virginia opposum, to be exact. The only marsupial in North America. |
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http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=947322&page=1
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I've never known someone who didn't know what an opposum was. I've had an opposum as a pet (they're actually very cute and friendly when tame), and there are a lot of wild ones around here, so yeah, that's definitely an opposum. Virginia opposum, to be exact. The only marsupial in North America.[/quote] Well now you do, and it's a pleasure to meet you. My son's going to school in Bloomington and he's coming home for spring break tomorrow –– maybe I should have waited and asked him. ETA: I kinda screwed up the quote thing here, I was trying to respond to Greenhorn. |
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Possum if you are serious about not knowing. Pigmy snow beaver if you're not. I'm dead serious about not knowing. Now off to look at possum photos to see if you're serious. I've lived in this house for 20 years and never seen one before  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdiz0k0Rudw
i love boxxy... i can watch that over and over again.. good beat too. |
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Possum if you are serious about not knowing. Pigmy snow beaver if you're not. I'm dead serious about not knowing. Now off to look at possum photos to see if you're serious. I've lived in this house for 20 years and never seen one before You and hondaciv need to compare notes. |
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Minnesota Pitbull Terrier. I swear to God. http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/8955/uschielendesoppossumhei.jpg Yeah you are probably right a bleeding heart liberal pit bull terrior want to be!!!! |
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Possum if you are serious about not knowing. Pigmy snow beaver if you're not. I'm dead serious about not knowing. Now off to look at possum photos to see if you're serious. I've lived in this house for 20 years and never seen one before I see them often enough here in Texas....and often enough close up. When I do to the latter, I say to them in a twit voice, "Mmmmmm, okay, I'll just walk over here this way and you go your own way. I've been in (mammal) lab, I know what your teeth look like!" ________________________________________________________ ("We have met the enemy and he is us.", (w,stte), "Pogo") |
