Fun with Road Kill

[BigV]

Driving in to work this morning I noticed something in the center of the road. Uh oh, a little tan body. You know how they seem to line up *out* of the traffic path, and in the centerline or shoulder? This little guy was lying in the center of the road, pointing the same direction I was travelling. I could see a slender tail, and all four paws were straight out, pointing towards the opposite lane of traffic. As I rolled past I could see his little human face! OMG there was a dead monkey in the road! This was a surprise since the zoo, just two blocks to the south was normally so careful with their animals. I turned around and prepared to call the animal control, or the zoo or something. I drove back for a better look. When I got closer, this time on the "face" side, as opposed to the "back" side, I could see that it was an opossum. Not a monkey. Poor guy. Even in death he only got a second look because of a case of mistaken identity.