Respect your local wildlife

As the local "weird possum girl", they are very intelligent! They shouldn't be!

See, opossum have smooth brains. This isn't normally linked to a high intelligence. Yet, they can remember if a food is toxic for up to two weeks after ingesting it, can learn and remember how to operate different sliding locks, and can solve simple puzzles with the right motivation(food)!

They can also form bonds, remembering people they like and dislike. Which is kinda funny to think about, because their babies spend a period of time riding around on moms back before they're big enough to waddle off on their own. If one falls off, she may very well trundle off, leaving the little one behind, who may hitch a ride on a totally different jill that happens to walk by.

Oppossoms are better than merely smart. They eat HELLA PEST INSECTS!

now, Geese...

Geese are fiercely protective of their families and flocks and are amazing at guarding territory; they cannot be bribed or ingratiated. In brazil, a prison has provided a habitat for geese around the facility between the inner fence and the outer wall which has been surprisingly effective at discouraged escape attempts.

My favorite game is Untitled Goose Game.

Actually owls are really stupid. Like surprisingly stupid

Squirrels aren’t just good climbers, squirrels are professional circus performers who are constantly putting on free shows for everybody.

Squirrels are hilarious, they don’t get enough credit.

Cobra Chicken. That is all.

Geese make a great defensive line.

Owls are very wise geese.

Geese are TASTY

You got a problem with Canadian Gooses then you got a problem with me and I suggest you let that one marinate

I found the best way to walk through a crowd of geese is to avoid eye contact at all costs. Pretend it's an empty field and you'll most likely be safe.

It's like an extreme sport but without the price tag. Although I would not walk through a crowd of geese if babies are present, no matter how cute, fluffy and snuggly they look.

What about crows? Crows are pretty cool

No, deer are rats with hooves.

Nobody thinks of the poor possum holding it down for marsupials in north America

Geese will kill you for looking at them funny

Turtles are SURPRISINGLY FAST and also have SHELL ACCESS so every Linux geek should appreciate them

Ravens make this gurgling throw up noise which is pretty cool

Inside a goose's mouth.

That's all I have to say on the matter.

geese nutz

My owl friend has returned to my neighborhood and I can hear him hooting at night. I've never met, interacted with, or seen this friend, but I love him all the same.

Geese are evil flying snakes. They'll even hiss at you.

why is squirrel spelled like a professor from Hogwarts?

Geese are uh well...geese

We have geese here and basically come in during spring and literally take over. They are all over the beach, shit on every grass patch and generally have attitudes when you walk by. Some even posturing up like they are going to charge.

They are the assholes of the bird kingdom. They sit on roof tops and beak off from 4am to 7am, honking like a meteor is headed right for us.

They are unlovable!

I think I had a username geese kicker somewhere .

"Squirells"

Geese saved Rome!

(Of course, having the city infested with geese instead of Gauls might not have been a particularly preferable outcome for its citizens, but at least they were already used to the geese, inasmuch as one can get used to geese.)

They're also citizens, native-born.

Imagine how elections would go if animals coukd vote.

Perhaps we should have designated human voters to represent animals.

Opossums are my favorite animal. They're so cute!

Nebraska has possums? Thought those were only in Australia

I'm from Nebraska and volunteered for them a few times and I feel like they've probably got a rough position being as Nebraskans seem to hate wildlife in every context but hunting and fishing.

Edit: also the geese seem pretty passive there, never personally had nor witnessed a negative interaction with them.