• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I love possums but they, like rats (also such amazing creatures) like to move into your walls, eaves, and attics and poop and have babies. I hate and love them. Always cool to see one in the yard. America’s only marsupial, right?

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      15 hours ago

      When I was a kid, I had a series of rodents, including rats. I always thought it was really cool how my rats, when walking along a tenuous surface, would wrap (or attempt to wrap) their tails around the object (usually my arm) to prevent themselves security from falling.

      I don’t know if possums do the same, I’ve never encountered one, but your “amazing creatures” interjection reminded me of that.

      edit: Correct a word.