Opossum rescued from Michigan's Mackinac Bridge

UPI ^ | 6/3/24 | Ben Hooper

[DallasBiff]

June 3 (UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said an opossum was rescued from the Mackinac Bridge, the 5-mile bridge connecting the state's two peninsulas.

The Mackinac Bridge Authority said on social media that the opossum was spotted on the bridge May 29, prompting a response from bridge staff and the Mackinac County Sheriff's Office.

[DallasBiff]

What is with opossums and being on the road traffic. Growing up in western PA, there was usually a roadkill opossum on the road every week, do they have a death wish?

Have fun.

[reed13k]

Weeeeeelllll, you got your dead opossum and your dead racoooon; the blood and the guts gonna make you swoon....

[Navy Patriot]

Opossum rescued from Michigan's Mackinac Bridge

Good!

Possums have to learn to cross bridges the proper way, using public transit.

[lee martell]

Looks like Percy O. Possum took a wrong turn near the bridge and wound up on it, far away from any hiding places.

That all sounds very nice, I suppose, but did Percy O. Possum really need to be ‘rescued’? From what?
How much money does a location, capture and transfer cost to the great state of Michigan?

What about all those ‘misplaced’ Raccoons, still young and learning the lay of the lands. Where is their Uber ride?

[Hebrews 11:6]

How much money does a location, capture and transfer cost to the great state of Michigan?

I expect the marginal cost would be negligible: no extra personnel needed to be hired, and existing staff did not accrue overtime.

[lee martell]

You’re probably right. This was a basic, non-rabid Possum, not a adult male Moose or Mama Black Bear.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I heard all opossums are born on the side of the road dead.

[equaviator]

[mairdie]

I keep hoping that the possum guest at our peanut table has its home somewhere in our backyard so it doesn’t have to cross a street to dine.

[CopperTop]

"..What is with opossums and being on the road traffic.."

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the 'possum it could be done..🥴🤣

Tanku, tanku! I'll see myself out.. 💩

[MikelTackNailer]

“Never take road-crossing advice from opossums.” - Deceased Deer

[antidemoncrat]

Opossums look a lot like a rat’s large cousin (and I desperately hate them) so I wouldn’t go out of my way to save a Opossum.

[fidelis]

My first Air Force assignment after Lackland was in the SW corner of Oklahoma right across the Red River from Texas. There were possums all over, as road kill and wandering around at night. One good 'ol boy that was at the time liked to chase them down and grab them by the tail.

My next assignment was on Guam and shortly after getting there, one night me and another sentry saw what looked (to me) like a good size possum running across the top of an ordnance bunker. I said to him, "I didn't know they had possums in Guam."

He said, "They don't. That was a big old rat."

[Campion]

Possums have an attitude. The road is theirs. In fact, everything is theirs. If you disagree, they’ll hiss at you.

[hoosierham]

A .22 silences opossum hissing.(and cuts down on stealing kittens,chicks,and pet food.).

[Max in Utah]

Opossum rescued...

Natural Selection is foiled once again.

[higgmeister]

Opossum rescued from Michigan's Mackinac Bridge

Why?   He was only playing possum.

[higgmeister]

My Dad said he didn't like possum at all.   They were full of grease.

[Magnum44]

[Hot Tabasco]

Rescue it my eye. Just kick it over the side.....