tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462914.post112237539140679960..comments2023-04-04T04:38:01.234-07:00Comments on RosieBlogs: WOMNUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462914.post-1122485578253308132005-07-27T10:32:00.000-07:002005-07-27T10:32:00.000-07:00You can read about the Australian possum at http:/...You can read about the Australian possum at http://www.cherryyarn.com/possumfacts.html<BR/>I believe (although I am no wildlife specialist) that the Australian possum we are talking about is a different species (though both are marsupial) than the kind that live in America. My kid reads LOTS of wildlife books, so I've gained a bizarre motherlode (pun intended) of knowledge about critters.<BR/><BR/>CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462914.post-1122484517032441472005-07-27T10:15:00.000-07:002005-07-27T10:15:00.000-07:00Actually, plenty of people who've been much closer...Actually, plenty of people who've been much closer to (live) possums than I have say that they're horrid little beasts. I have one friend-of-a-friend who swerves to <I>try</I> to hit them when she's out driving.Lisa M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17503541878029508476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12462914.post-1122478052846346142005-07-27T08:27:00.000-07:002005-07-27T08:27:00.000-07:00Lisa, so ethereal, this shawl.I must confess, howe...Lisa, so ethereal, this shawl.<BR/>I must confess, however, that the possum yarn makes me think of the great vacation we took our kids on to New Orleans and the Atchufulaya swamp near Lafayette, La.<BR/>We went on an evening swamp tour with the owners of the inn (and Kurtwood Smith, "Red" on That 70's show).<BR/>As the darkness fell, all around you could see nutria sliding in and out of the water.<BR/>I know possum are not rodents, but all the same...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com