Playing Possum

Tonight when Reese, our chihuahua, went out for her last potty break of the day, she started going ballistic. She was barking so much, I had to go see what was going on before she woke up Cade. Well, she had found a little possum in our courtyard. It was about 10" long and was scared to death, huddled in a corner. I actually kinda felt sorry for it. Poor little guy. But don't worry -- in typical David fashion, we've promptly did a little research on your friendly neighborhood possum...and I've accummulated some of those facts, right here, for you.

#1 - Possums are North America's only marsupial.
#2 - Possums are "nature's little santitation engineer"...meaning they eat mice, rats, spiders, snails, slugs and other pesky little dudes.
#3 - Possums aren't aggressive against humans or pets...unless cornered. Woops.
#4 - Possums typically don't carry diseases like Parvo or Rabies.
#5 - Possums like to eat ripe fruit.
#6 - Possums, like racoons, are attracted by our mounds of trash bags.
#7 - Possums are often mistaken for rats. At first, I thought it was a rat. Scary.
#8 - Chihuahuas notice possums very quickly.
#9 - David is scared of possums; however, Brooks tries to get as close as possible to capture good photographs.
#10 - We can rest easy, now, knowing a possum is keeping our property safe.