I'm sure I'm in the minority here but i love Opossums. I live in a big city 10 miles from any woods and there are Opossums everywhere in our area....they adapt very well and I have some living on my property...My dog, a Malamute, brought a baby one in the house one time and dropped it at my feet while we were all eating dinner. The wife screamed that our dog killed it...It really...REALLY...looked dead, mouth open, tongue out and every thing..I picked it up with a shovel and put it opn the front porch and told my wife to look out the window at it...after about 2 minutes it sat up...looked around and ambled off.....very cool survivor instinct.