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flamin lib

(14,559 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:37 PM Jul 2020

I have an armadillo destroying my yard, so I put a live trap out to catch and re-locate. [View all]

After letting one of the many neighborhood cats go, the next day I come out and find an opossum. Probably the ugliest critter in woods. Anyway never let an opportunity go by, so . . .

This is my demure face

and this is my scary face

They're nice to have around. They eat bugs and ticks and just about anything else they find but they don't dig up the yard in search of grubs and earthworms so I just let him go.

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I have an armadillo destroying my yard, so I put a live trap out to catch and re-locate. [View all] flamin lib Jul 2020 OP

Several years ago TlalocW Jul 2020 #1

Possum power! Lulu KC Jul 2020 #2

As for the armadillo - try cayenne pepper. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2020 #3

My Cajun cousins would thing this was pre-seasoning. TexasProgresive Jul 2020 #4

Chicken on the half shell? nt flamin lib Jul 2020 #6

Worse it's Possum on the half shell. TexasProgresive Jul 2020 #8

Nicely caught, my dear flamin lib... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2020 #5

Yes indeed. Now if I can just catch the &%$ armadillo. nt flamin lib Jul 2020 #13

Actually, it looks quite decorative. Lovely shots. NT enough Jul 2020 #7

He is quite young, probably less than a pound and cute pink nose. flamin lib Jul 2020 #14

What a close-up - nice work! Talitha Jul 2020 #9

It is a major snarl. It's a defense mechanism to look angry and dangerous but I've never been flamin lib Jul 2020 #15

Proper opossums: tblue37 Jul 2020 #10

I will remember this. flamin lib Jul 2020 #16

Her channel is great fun. I like when she has baby opposite on. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #17

Personally, I think they are beautiful creatures Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #11

Years ago we had a flooding event localroger Jul 2020 #12

I simply adore Opossums MagickMuffin Jul 2020 #18

I love them so much. a la izquierda Jul 2020 #19