In a previous post, I was bitching about the tedious task of having to always have our garden draped with bird-netting due to these cuddly Ring-tailed possums that live and forage in most urban neighbourhoods around here. When I tell my friends in the U.S. that we have Possums, most think of those ugly triangular-faced creatures in North America. Possums here are marsupials, relatives of cute Koalas and Kangaroos but although cute, they wreak havoc on gardens…including mine. I have a love and hate relationship with them but I must confess – last year, I saw one walking along the top of my brush fence with a baby on her back and that was absolutely adorable.
Well, I finally got a picture of one sitting in the neighbour’s Lilly Pilly tree.
Australian Ring-tailed Possum: They may be cute but will decimate your garden.
Desperately Seeking Crab 
Cute critter!
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It’s a cutie. 🙂
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Looks fat from eating all your plants…
In New Zealand they are a pest (as some smart cookie decided to introduce them from Australia!!). We make yarn and clothing out of them in NZ but here in Oz we live amongst them (or they live amongst us?) and people stay up half the night waiting to take a picture of them for their blog!!! 😉
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Yeah I remember when we were in NZ and possums were total pests. They have really done some damage there haven’t they. We saw plenty of yarn that was merino/possum blend and I found that interesting. Actually, I took that picture the night we came home from your house and as I drove into the garage, I caught a glimpse of a bushy tail and just knew somehow that it wasn’t any of the neighbour’s cats!
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Possum for the Crockpot Recipe
1 large possum or 2 small ones.
Barbecue sauce of your choice
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 small onion, minced
2 small chilis, minced
skin and clean possum
put in crockpot, cover with barbecue sauce
add garlic, onions and chilis
cook on low for 8-10 hours
serve with rice or noodles
TAKEN FROM: http://www.kitchencookingrecipes.com/forum/recipes-forum/68725-possum-crockpot-recipe.html
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You are shitting me, is this for real? I guess if people eat kangaroos, then why not possums eh? I wonder if they taste like rabbit?
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I’d rather NOT know!
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is that real?
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Yes, it’s real…does it look fake?
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