"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Ophelia" > wrote:
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>> "kilikini" > wrote in message
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>> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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>> >> In article >,
>> >> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
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>> >> > http://www.tngenweb.org/tntable/possum.htm
>> >> >
>> >> > found this and just 'had' to post it.....
>> >> > -ginny
>> >>
>> >> I've rehabbed adult possums...
>> >>
>> >> A wormier critter I've never known. <shudder>
>> >>
>> >> Multiple wormings and the were _still_ coming out, among other
>> >> intestinal parasites.
>> >>
>> >> I'd not eat a possum on a bet!
>> >> --
>> >
>> > ACK! I think my husband's eaten them in the past. Should I de-worm
>> > him?
>> > <g>
>>
>> What is a possum? I realise it is some kind of animal but what kind?
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> Opossum...
>
> The only American Marsupial. Related distantly to kangaroos.
> Nasty creatures, combination scavenger and small predator.
> I've killed them for killing my poultry in the past...
>
> http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html
>
> http://kaweahoaks.com/html/opossum.htm
>
> They are VERY common around here!

Thank you Katra.. you are welcome to them! They look too much like rats to
me. I could *never* eat one!!