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@Nonya_Bidniss my story:
Springtime in the Midwest, so not cold.
My father had died a few months before. I was cleaning out his packrat garage. Took a box off a shelf and noticed it was warm. Opened it to see a snarling opossum mama. Closed the lid, set it outside, away from the garage. Checked after a couple of hours and the box was empty.She couldn’t stay where she was, but I tried to be respectful in how she left.
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@Nonya_Bidniss My yard was blessed with a possum friend years ago (when I had a yard heh). I loved seeing them out there snoofin' around eating all the ticks. Possums are friends. :3
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@Nonya_Bidniss love me some possums, don't disagree with most of this, but my understanding is the tick thing has been debunked? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34298355/
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I do love opossums. They are much less ugly in real life.
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@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange opens the door to my house instead
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"BITCH SHOULD HAVE PAID RENT"
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@Nonya_Bidniss these guys are cute
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You are obviously not in New Zealand.
If you were, I'm sure you would be thinking differently. Opossums were introduced from Australia to New Zealand back in the times by some ignorant people, probably English. They are now a threat to native birds and more for many reasons, one is ground nesting and no flying birds like the Kiwi. -
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@Nonya_Bidniss as far as I know the claim about ticks comes from a lab study from 2009 which was not confirmed. Later studies of stomach content of wild individuals did not confirm that found no ticks in the diet.
@kopimi @Nonya_Bidniss I'm not even that concerned about their tick eating I'm more concerned that people learn to live with wild animals rather than creating a suburban desert. Also I've seen a rabid possum myself... Not endorsing snuggling, just leaving be.
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@kopimi @Nonya_Bidniss I'm not even that concerned about their tick eating I'm more concerned that people learn to live with wild animals rather than creating a suburban desert. Also I've seen a rabid possum myself... Not endorsing snuggling, just leaving be.
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@Nonya_Bidniss @ClaudetteK Joke's on you; I'd bring it food, water, a heated pet bed, classical music, and read it a bedtime story.
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@Nonya_Bidniss They're surprisingly friendly, too!
I have accidentally pet one thinking it was a cat when I was younger.
I have also done this with a skunk.
On second thought, I might be like Dr. Dolittle...
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@Nonya_Bidniss Thank you! Didn't know everything, nice to read this. We actually would never make trouble for an animal (we collect any bugs and spiders and put them into the garden, unless it's really cold). But good to know more.
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@Nonya_Bidniss
You are obviously not in New Zealand.
If you were, I'm sure you would be thinking differently. Opossums were introduced from Australia to New Zealand back in the times by some ignorant people, probably English. They are now a threat to native birds and more for many reasons, one is ground nesting and no flying birds like the Kiwi.@Onthebass @Nonya_Bidniss Australian possums are also not opossums, and don't eat ticks, they are herbivores.
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