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Today's Encounter

On today's hike, we found this guy down by the creek.

Spring is in the air

and a young possum's thoughts turn to love.

These two were out in the rain this morning.

Slow Moving Sanitation Engineer

Remember these?

Possum tracks.

So I set up my scouting camera in the vicinity and this is what I saw.

A Virginia Opossum

You may notice that the camera site is baited with a tomato.

"Possums" are Nature's garbage men.

They will eat many things,

including insects, grasses, snails & slugs, rodents,
rotting/overripe fruits & veggies, and carrion.

They are also have a very short life span for a mammal of their size, averaging 1-2 years.

They have 50 teeth, more than any other North American land mammal.

And they will play "possum", pretending to be dead, if attacked.