Dead possum on Vanderbilt

sje · May 2005

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 · May 2005

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

Actually, more like road calzone...

flute · May 2005

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

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

isa · May 2005

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

carnivore · June 2005

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

sje · June 2005

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 · June 2005

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 · June 2005

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

sje · June 2005

EEWWWWW!!!

carnivore · June 2005

it looks delicious.

isa · June 2005

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

sje · June 2005

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

flute · June 2005

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

captain m · June 2005

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 · June 2005

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!

Dead possum on Vanderbilt

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