Dead possum on Vanderbilt

sje

Walking my dogs around 7am this morning, I was deeply surprised to see a HUGE, {est. around 20lbs} dead possum in the road, hit by a car, on Vanderbilt between St. Marks and Bergen. WTF!!!!!

Where did it come from, where did it live, and how the hell did it get so big?

carnivore

Mmmmmm........ Road pizza....

Actually, more like road calzone...

flute

Road "calzone" ??????? :shock:

Carnivore, you are something else .........

isa

I've seen possums and raccoons behind my building. Poor dead guy, live on the streets, die on the streets.

carnivore

Are you sure those "possums" aren't giant rats?

sje

Yes. I partially grew up in Florida, and saw hundreds of dead possums in the road there. This was the first one I've seen here. It had a head injury, the huge body was intact, and it was not a rat. Vanderbilt is overflowing with all kinds of wildlife. You can feel it.

sje

There's a sighting report of a possum in Dumbo on Curbed this am:

http://www.curbed.com/

Are we experiencing a plague of them? Are they becoming the new giant rats of Brooklyn?

Please note, WE REPORTED IT HERE FIRST! Now, RUN FOR THE HILLS. They're HUGE.

anonymous

A baby possum! For the baaaaby animals livejournal community.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/baaaaabyanimals/

sje

EEWWWWW!!!

carnivore

it looks delicious.

isa

You think EWWW for real? I think it's so cute!

sje

really don't like rodents or anything resembling them, not sure what family a possum belons to. Seriously, EEEWWWW.

flute

Oh my, please. Not something one wants to come home to .......

captain m

I believe possums are marsupials. They carry their babies in a pouch, like kangaroos, wallbies,and koalas. Not the same as Rodents.

They had a special asian rodent at the prospect zoo that was as big as a pig but he died last year. They do have wallabies at the prospect zoo i think.

carnivore

These links are hilarious!

http://www.epsteinlarue.com/family/possum.htm

http://ushotstuff.com/wg/OpossumSmp.htm

http://search.yumyum.com/recipe.htm?ID=19895

http://www.recipecottage.com/variety-meats/possum01.html


Bon appetit!