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Heh heh. I spent the majority of my childhood in the south, and have heard tales of the visiting Yankee coming across a possum in the dark and exclaiming over what an ugly cat it was.
I had a possum that got into my garbage can, ate a bunch of outdated cookies, the was too full to get back out. I had to gently tip the can over, so the wellfed critter could waddle out. This was in coastal Jersey.
We have possums living in our neighborhoods here in central Kansas. For me, they fall into the "so ugly they're cute" category. And possum babies are adorable!
I spent a fair amount of yesterday morning trying to chase an opossum out of our yard. Which mostly involved alternating between yelling and clapping making harsh noises while chasing the thing, and stopping abruptly and saying, "Awww, look at its little thumbs!"
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