Re: and rattlesnakes.

Posted by Tabitha on September 10, 2003, at 22:16:42

In reply to Re: Possums do? Wow. (nm), posted by Dinah on September 10, 2003, at 20:26:40

The opossum is omnivorous, feeding upon almost anything that it can find or catch: rats, mice, moles, slugs, snails, shrews, worms, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, crickets, frogs, garbage, fruit (especially persimmons), corns, berries, and even road kill. That habit gets about 8.3 million opossums killed a year. An opossum seeing an object on a road during the night may believe it to be road kill, and may either freeze in the headlight of a car, or try to run away. As opossums run very slowly, they often get killed. Opossums also enjoy eating snakes, and will kill and eat all snakes including poisonous ones. They are immune to the snake venom, and relish copperhead, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and others.

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Yipe, a Possum! Tabitha 9/10/03
Re: It's OK, they eat snails. Tabitha 9/10/03
Re: It's OK, they eat snails. » Tabitha Dinah 9/10/03
Re: It's OK, they eat snails. » Dinah Tabitha 9/10/03
Re: It's OK, they eat snails. » Tabitha Phil 9/10/03
Re: They eat rats, too. (nm) » Phil Tabitha 9/10/03
Re: Possums do? Wow. (nm) Dinah 9/10/03
Re: and rattlesnakes. Tabitha 9/10/03
Re: Oooh. I want one. » Tabitha Dinah 9/11/03

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