When we got home later on Friday night after seeing Pirates, my RRHB was outside in the backyard for a minute, when he shouted, "Come here and look at this! It's an animal with a long, thin tail!"
I told him it was probably a small raccoon and to leave the damn thing alone. But ever-curious, he snapped open his tool case, found his mega-flashlight, and went back outside to shine a light on our grape vine. What did we find? A Virginia Opossum. They are North America's only marsupial. Also, they like to eat fruit and berries, hence the grape vine, and I certainly hope he feasted well that night, because I have no idea what we're going to do with the wealth of grapes we've got this season.
Much, much more exciting than a raccoon!
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Send some to me? I like grapes. :p
Is the Opossum still kicking around?
We haven't seen him again -- and it doesn't look like he ate too many grapes, either!
OH good! I'm glad you saw him/her! I saw one a couple of years back when I was living on Afton and I thought it was a giant rat.
Instead of bravely finding a flashlight and investigating closer I picked up the dog (who was with me), screamed like a child and ran in the house.
I've told many people about my strange sighting since and they all chalk it up to my over-zealous imagination. But I've stood firm and it's so good to finally have sister to back me up!
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