1/4: Sydney possum treated for burns

Undertoad · 01-04-2002, 10:30 AM

Bringing together the Sydney fires and my enjoyment of odd animals, especially on Fridays, here's a possum with cream on its paw pads and nose where it was slightly burned. He looks like he'll be OK!

01-04-2002, 10:37 AM

What species of possum is that? Or is it just young? Or does it just look funny 'cause it was burned?

warch · 01-04-2002, 10:42 AM

Poor little gipper...I can hear him squeeking.
A few years back I was awakened in the wee hours by a strange squeeking cry out my window. I checked it out and a tiny baby 'possum had fallen into a small but deep ditch between our apartment and the next. Glowwy eyes! ratty tails! Mom possum was about 8 feet away, clinging to the back fence with another baby on her and crying back. Animal rescue begins- I managed to manuever the wiggly and crying even louder thing onto a broom (hopefully not too many pokes to the face!) and scooped it out of the ditch. It ran right to Mom and up a tree. Oh, Be free little glowy-eyed rat thing....

Joe · 01-04-2002, 12:02 PM

dude that is not a possum. It looks like one of those other whack marsupial creatures that live down there. A possum (they live in LA and I've seen them in trees) looks like a 40lb rat.

elSicomoro · 01-04-2002, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe
dude that is not a possum. It looks like one of those other whack marsupial creatures that live down there.

Thanks Joe...you just gave me a great laugh.

jeni · 01-04-2002, 05:30 PM

awwwwwww.

what a cutie.

jaguar · 01-04-2002, 05:46 PM

Oi Biatch whatcha think ya doin'
Course is a bloody pussum mate, you bloody yakees wouldn't know whot a bloody pussum looked like if a ripped the corcks off ya 'at.

About once week the power drops here because another one of these jumps onto the substation wiring (the frame is grounded - they're not used to that - instant power condit.

Joe · 01-04-2002, 05:51 PM

Jesus.

jaguar · 01-04-2002, 06:37 PM

Please tell me you do realsie i'm joking...

Joe · 01-04-2002, 06:40 PM

and I also realsie that I can recognize a frikkin' marmoset when I see one.

jaguar · 01-04-2002, 06:42 PM

That there critter ain't no marmoset, its a possum you darn city slicking........

01-04-2002, 06:46 PM

jag - check priv messages

Joe · 01-04-2002, 06:52 PM

http://www2.msstate.edu/~brb1/pics/possum2.jpg

or

http://www.mimitchi.com/gif/fbear.gif

You be the judge, mate.

Undertoad · 01-04-2002, 06:55 PM

Stop, stop. Joe you're just unfamiliar with the fact that there is an Australian Possum which is a different species than the American Possum, also known as the Ugly-Ass Critter.

Here's the Aussie Possie:

Not quite as ugly as the US version, even if someone has laid a pen on the picture for some reason.

Joe · 01-04-2002, 07:01 PM

You're right!

I Learn something new here every day.

01-04-2002, 10:30 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/4: Sydney possum treated for burns Bringing together the Sydney fires and my enjoyment of odd animals, especially on Fridays, here's a possum with cream on its paw pads and nose where it was slightly burned. He looks like he'll be OK!

01-04-2002, 12:02 PM	#4
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	no way dude that is not a possum. It looks like one of those other whack marsupial creatures that live down there. A possum (they live in LA and I've seen them in trees) looks like a 40lb rat.

01-04-2002, 05:46 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Oi Biatch whatcha think ya doin' Course is a bloody pussum mate, you bloody yakees wouldn't know whot a bloody pussum looked like if a ripped the corcks off ya 'at. About once week the power drops here because another one of these jumps onto the substation wiring (the frame is grounded - they're not used to that - instant power condit. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-04-2002, 05:51 PM	#8
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	OK upon further analysis the creature in question is indeed a possum Jesus.

01-04-2002, 06:37 PM	#9
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Please tell me you do realsie i'm joking... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-04-2002, 10:37 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	What species of possum is that? Or is it just young? Or does it just look funny 'cause it was burned?

01-04-2002, 10:42 AM	#3
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Poor little gipper...I can hear him squeeking. A few years back I was awakened in the wee hours by a strange squeeking cry out my window. I checked it out and a tiny baby 'possum had fallen into a small but deep ditch between our apartment and the next. Glowwy eyes! ratty tails! Mom possum was about 8 feet away, clinging to the back fence with another baby on her and crying back. Animal rescue begins- I managed to manuever the wiggly and crying even louder thing onto a broom (hopefully not too many pokes to the face!) and scooped it out of the ditch. It ran right to Mom and up a tree. Oh, Be free little glowy-eyed rat thing....

01-04-2002, 05:30 PM	#6
jeni is stuck on altair-4 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: santa cruz, california Posts: 514	awwwwwww. what a cutie.

01-04-2002, 06:40 PM	#10
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	Oh I realsie it all right and I also realsie that I can recognize a frikkin' marmoset when I see one.

01-04-2002, 06:42 PM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	That there critter ain't no marmoset, its a possum you darn city slicking........ __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

01-04-2002, 06:46 PM	#12
dave Guest Posts: n/a	jag - check priv messages

01-04-2002, 06:52 PM	#13
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	That's it. http://www2.msstate.edu/~brb1/pics/possum2.jpg or http://www.mimitchi.com/gif/fbear.gif You be the judge, mate.

01-04-2002, 06:55 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Stop, stop. Joe you're just unfamiliar with the fact that there is an Australian Possum which is a different species than the American Possum, also known as the Ugly-Ass Critter. Here's the Aussie Possie: Not quite as ugly as the US version, even if someone has laid a pen on the picture for some reason.

01-04-2002, 07:01 PM	#15
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	whoah You're right! I Learn something new here every day.

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