Awesome possum. Actually they are voracious eaters of ticks. So they do serve some useful purpose.
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And chickens. If I don’t get the coop closed before dark, I have to make sure and check that no opossums have snunk in. They hide in the corner and play dead until the chickens go to sleep. Then they slaughter every one they can get ahold of.