Opossum

[fotografr]

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I pulled into my driveway this morning and on the way into the garage I saw this opossum looking around for food. They're normally nocturnal so I think this one has probably just come out of hibernation and is very hungry. When I got out of the car with my camera it headed for the back of the garden and climbed this small tree. The second photo is pretty heavily cropped. I didn't want to get close enough to make it feel threatened.

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[Pintpot]

Lovely Brent,  even well cropped the second photo is spot on sharp. I think the look on the opossum's face says 'feed me feed me' 😁

[fotografr]

38 minutes ago, Pintpot said:

Lovely Brent,  even well cropped the second photo is spot on sharp. I think the look on the opossum's face says 'feed me feed me' 😁

I'm such a sucker for animals I'm actually fighting the urge to throw some food out for it.

[Idawhat]

Brent, have you ever seen one "Play Opossum"?

It's true, when very frightened they shutdown and look dead.

[fotografr]

1 hour ago, Idawhat said:

Brent, have you ever seen one "Play Opossum"?

It's true, when very frightened they shutdown and look dead.

I haven't actually seen that but I was a little tempted to see if I could get this one to do it. Since my wife was watching from the kitchen window I thought I'd better not.  😉

[Idawhat]

Brent, I saw it once. Years ago I was sighting in a rifle. I had a target set up at 100 yards. Looking thru the rifle scope I noticed an opossum in the target area. It was far enough away from the target that I would not shoot it when I fired the rifle. After firing the rifle I walked down to the target to see where the round impacted the target. On the ground near the target was the opossum. I thought it was dead. It looked dead. I poked it with the rifle barrel and it did not move. I could not understand what happened to it. It was not shot and I'd seen it alive. I went back to my firing position and looked thru the rifle scope to fire my next round. The opossum was up and walking away. It was a very strange experience to be sure. "Playing Opossum"

 

[fotografr]

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That's really very funny. I can easily picture the whole scene. I read it to my wife and we both had a good laugh. She thought the story was a perfect fit for the photo.

Edited May 1, 2022 by fotografr

[Idawhat]

Glad you two enjoyed my story.

BTY the sharpness of your image is excellent. Time for you to buy some firecrackers.  🙂

[stuny]

Very nice. An odd animalcthatcI don’t often see.