Nancy, Ahh, I just looked opossum up on the internet (I'm in Canada). They look quite cute in the photos......now I know what the term "Playing possum" means!! Learn something every day! Thanks. We get alot of slugs where I am, sometimes 5" or 6" long, mostly causing havoc in gardens. My mom, who lives in another province couldn't believe they came in all sizes, so I brought one into the house, put a ruler beside it, snapped a photo of and sent it to her. Now she knows ;)
Glenda ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy J Smeltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Julie & Laura/was Re: Feral in Denton, Texas > Glenda, it's actually "opossum". It's an animal that lives in the wild, > woods etc. Generally about 1.5 feet long, thick gray stiff hair. Cute > little heart-shaped face. Tends to get hit by cars a lot, because they > seem to think that if they freeze they won't be hurt. Sad. I see them all > the time on the road, and once last fall I had one in my shed! I leave > catfood in my shed for all the feral cats in my area, who can get in > through a missing panel, and I guess the possum was hungry! Nancy and her > MC (and Mom didn't call us!)
