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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Playing Possum
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:03:30 -0500

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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