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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

They aren't afraid of anything Karen.  I have seen many stand in the 
road and snarl down a car..lol...and lose, of course.  As to how they 
ended up in Oregon, wiki says they were introduced to the west during 
the Depression, possibly as a source of food...and yeah, they fill the 
trash eater/road kill cleanup niche here, too.

B

Karen L. Black wrote:
> James writes:
>
> We have possums in western Oregon (introduced by immigrants from the South)
> that compete with the native raccoons for the "trash-eater" niche. When I
> was attending Oregon State, I had a job with campus security doing "dorm
> patrol" -- checking that the doors were locked and shut, watching for
> suspicious activity, etc. I came across several wild animals on campus,
> including possums. They must not have found me frightful enough, since they
> always bared their dozens of pointy teeth and hissed at me. 
>
> Happily, they don't seem to do well in the Coast Range, so I haven't had to
> deal with them as predators. Raccoons, bobcats, coyotes, owls, hawks and
> crows are bad enough.
>
> Karen Black
> Norton Creek Farm
> Blodgett, OR
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