I remember growing up in the south and seeing this plate on trucks...thought it was pretty funny too. Then I met a fellow I worked with whose girlfriend sort of had a pointy face and I found out some folks called her possum. Sort of gave new meaning to the plate that was on the front of his truck...lol... but seriously last night my dogs got one... I managed to save her and three of her babies, but when I tried to give her back her babies...she killed it. This struck me as a tragedy and so she didn't get her other two...( one was still in her pouch...so I believe it will be OK...) Now we have a predicament...who do you call at 3 o'clock in the morning because you have two little blind pink barely furry possum babies ( or Joeys as I found out they are called ) It sure is amazing what you can find on the internet nowadays... after finding what I needed for immediate care I then found a wildlife rehabilitator that specialized in small mammals... so now " Meinie and Moe" have a new home with someone who knows how to care for them... I will say on the cuteness scale...baby oppossums are much cuter than mice or squirrels and their little prehesile tail and their little opposable thumbs are really neat too. I hope to be checking back up on them in the future...
George
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