[HoneysuckleTN]

They are actually good animals. They eat ticks, they are natures cleanup crew, they aren’t aggressive, and they don’t carry rabies.

Good to know they eat ticks!

Many years ago, I had two cats and knew they were both outside. Suddenly, I heard something munching down on the dry cat food in the kitchen. I looked up and a possum was sitting there like he was supposed to be there eating the cat food. (It was an old house, and we found where the possum entered and fixed it.)

I'd actually never seen a possum "play possum" until a few years ago. They come up on the porch every once in a while where I live now. There's a table on the porch, right up next to the house and under a window. One night, I went outside and a possum was on the table. I shooed it and waved my hands at it, trying to make it get down and go on. But possums don't scared easily and don't move fast no matter what you do. I went on and did whatever I came out to do, and when I checked to see if the possum had moved on, it was laid out on its side, right up against the window, with its mouth open and tongue sticking out! All I could do was laugh and go back in the house.

[Tennessee Conservative]

They love dog food and will risk getting eaten by the dog to get it. About 40 years ago I was renting an old mobile home while I got my divorce. One morning I got up and found little footprints in the bathtub. The next morning the trash can in the kitchen started moving. A baby possum crawled over the edge and ran down the hall. I cornered him in the bedroom when he sulled up in the corner. I picked him up by the tail and put him outside. That happened each morning until he got too big to get in wherever he was getting in. I was eventually able to move. Lol They are pretty harmless.