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Cat found
Posted: 1st Mar, '08, 23:56
by Lichtgestalt
or.......
Re: Cat found
Posted: 2nd Mar, '08, 06:55
by daffodil
Re: Cat found
Posted: 2nd Mar, '08, 09:10
by Fyn
Re: Cat found
Posted: 2nd Mar, '08, 19:59
by Aliya
Its a possum!
Re: Cat found
Posted: 2nd Mar, '08, 20:08
by Fresh Mint
Made me chuckle too!
Re: Cat found
Posted: 2nd Mar, '08, 23:00
by BoD
..or is it a chincilla?
Re: Cat found
Posted: 3rd Mar, '08, 04:21
by Lichtgestalt
Whatever it is... it's apparently not very friendly
Re: Cat found
Posted: 3rd Mar, '08, 07:44
by Morrolan
Lichtgestalt wrote:Whatever it is... it's apparently not very friendly
well, they managed to sex it, so it would be rather miffed by that time.
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 05:16
by avatarless
Aliya wrote:Its a possum!
do possums have hairy tails?
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 06:05
by Bender
avatarless wrote:do possums have hairy tails?
Usually (unless they've 'shaved for a cause')
From Wikipedia:
A possum is any of about 64 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi (and introduced to New Zealand). The name derives from their resemblance to the opossums of the Americas. (The name is from Algonquian wapathemwa, not Greek or Latin, so the plural is possums, not possa.) Possum is also used in North America as a diminutive for the Virginia Opossum. The possum's rank odour is due to its large musk glands located behind each ear.
Possums are small marsupials with brown or grey fur, ranging in size and weight from the length of a finger or 170 grams (6 ounces) (pygmy possums and wrist-winged gliders), to the length of 120 centimetres (four feet) or 14.5 kilograms (32 pounds) (brushtails and ringtails). In general, though, the larger possums are about the same size as a well-fed domestic cat. All possums are nocturnal and omnivorous, hiding in a nest in a hollow tree during the day and coming out during the night to forage for food. They fill much the same role in the Australian ecosystem that squirrels fill in the northern hemisphere and are broadly similar in appearance.
The two most common species of possums, the Common Brushtail and Common Ringtail, are also among the largest.
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 10:23
by avatarless
ohhhhhhh.... had no idea that possum and opossum weren't just synonyms....
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 10:27
by Aliya
THey have furry tails and have the devils temper, never try to pick up a sick or injured Possum chances are you would get your face ripped off. This advice also applies to our Possum who bit me recently when I wouldnt give her something she wanted
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 11:05
by BFG
Aliya wrote:THey have furry tails and have the devils temper, never try to pick up a sick or injured Possum chances are you would get your face ripped off. This advice also applies to our Possum who bit me recently when I wouldnt give her something she wanted
So, she didn't take the "I can't, you've had two children" excuse gracefully then.....
Re: Cat found
Posted: 5th Mar, '08, 11:19
by Aliya
It would appear not