Default User wrote:
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>> What is a possum? I realise it is some kind of animal but what kind?
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> The actual name is oppossum.
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> It's the only marsupial in the Americas, looks sort of like a giant
> rat but is pretty slow moving.
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> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum>
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> Brian

Being a relatively newcomer in Oz, I found the above website info very
informative. I didn't realise that America had a cousin of the Australian
possum. We have lots of possums in our garden. They are very cute but wild
and their bites are dangerous. I haven't seen possum on a menu yet.