Explian why my cat who kills everything is friends with a wild possum

11 years ago

Prolly coz killer instinct brought them together.

I picture them talking to each other while eating:

Cat: I've killed three canaries, 12 mice and a fat ass hamster named Marvelous.. bet you can't top that.
Possum: Never killed nobody in my life. I worked as a Jackal in some highway, led several woodland critters to their deaths. Roadkill is my streetname. That's where the art of playing dead became my calling.
Cat: Whoa, you're awesome dude... here have some more tuna.
Possum: So, that's your master huh? Can we try to off him too?
Cat: Let's wait til he gets to the other side.

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kenmichaels

11 years ago

Originally Posted by NRabosa

Prolly coz killer instinct brought them together.

I picture them talking to each other while eating:

Cat: I've killed three canaries, 12 mice and a fat ass hamster named Marvelous.. bet you can't top that.
Possum: Never killed nobody in my life. I worked as a Jackal in some highway, led several woodland critters to their deaths. Roadkill is my streetname. That's where the art of playing dead became my calling.
Cat: Whoa, you're awesome dude... here have some more tuna.
Possum: So, that's your master huh? Can we try to off him too?
Cat: Let's wait til he gets to the other side.

Thanks for the laugh

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NRabosa

11 years ago

How about you, Ken? What do you think?

Maybe if it's a badger then you should prolly get angry with your cat because they are bad influences.

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BigFrank Banned 11 years ago

Well, even I have one friend - as long as I'm willing to share my food.

Cheers. - Frank
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WalkingCarpet

Banned 11 years ago

Can't kill em all. Sooner or later you need a buddy.

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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

Seriously - a wild possum and my cat were eating out of the same
bowl in the house just a few minutes ago.

My cat kills everything and there they were, nonchalantly eating together.

I assume the possum is wild because it stank, looked ratty and freaked
when it saw me.

Maybe the cat and possum just don't see each other as a threat. And maybe their relative size is a factor. No real idea.

But I've had cats as friends, and to a cat...we're all just other animals.

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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Maybe your cat just thinks the opossum is a really ugly cat and feels sorry for him?

"Dude, you seriously got hit with the ugly stick, huh? Here, have some kibble for your troubles."

(It's the same reason I always take Claude to lunch when we get together...)

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lanfear63 11 years ago

Cats do not go after possums. They are too big and vicious when attacked. Cat's quickly get the measure of that.

I went out on to the porch a few years ago to find a possum curled up asleep on a patio chair with our 2 cats asleep on two others.
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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Maybe your cat just thinks the opossum is a really ugly cat and feels sorry for him?

"Dude, you seriously got hit with the ugly stick, huh? Here, have some kibble for your troubles."

(It's the same reason I always take Claude to lunch when we get together...)

It's the same reason that the waitress takes my order, and then says "....and, for your possum?"

Originally Posted by lanfear63

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

Or if it grows a goatee. Ugly is ugly.

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Dan Riffle 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

It's the same reason that the waitress takes my order, and then says "....and, for your possum?"

Or if it grows a goatee. Ugly is ugly.

Hey! I take offense to that. I'm American. It's Opossum, dammit.
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- Kay King 11 years ago
  
  In Mississippi I had possums (and racoons) on the front porch most nights - they came to see if there was any cat food available. My cats seem to co-exist with the possums just fine and stayed out of the way of the racoons.
  
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  John Durham 11 years ago
  
  I use to have raccoons sneak into my garage for cat food, the cats just backed away from them though. One day one of them came home with a big cut down his face, Im thinking it was from a fight with a raccoon. On another note, down south some people fancy thinking possums are really just some kinda strain of "wild hillbilly monkeys!"
  
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HeySal

11 years ago

Possums are ugly? I think they're adorable. And they're nice people if you aren't scaring them witless. I've never heard of possums and cats being enemies.

I can just hear that cat telling the possum about how weird his dad's friends are.

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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Possums are ugly?

Comparatively to a cat, yes. Comparatively to a blob fish or a naked mole rat, no.

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lanfear63

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Comparatively to a cat, yes. Comparatively to a blob fish or a naked mole rat, no.

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

Proper Opossum Pedicure - YouTube

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Dan Riffle 11 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

Ian, you have a serious mental imbalance.

I like it.
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- Claude Whitacre 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  Ian, you have a serious mental imbalance.
  
  I like it.
  
  Watch it Ian...
  That's exactly what Riffle said to me, before he asked me to take off my shirt, and "trust him".
  
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thunderbird 11 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

Proper Opossum Pedicure - YouTube

Of course! Who doesn't give their opossum a pedicure?
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thunderbird 11 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

Proper Opossum Pedicure - YouTube

I saw this a while back and it left an impression on me. I find it oddly disturbing. She has a number of videos featuring her doing odd things to her very malleable possum.
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Claude Whitacre

11 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

A Possum's not ugly if you give it a pedicure.

My God! I just watched about 5 videos on this woman's Youtube channel. This is my favorite. I can't decide if she's just incredibly funny...or a good marketer...or both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Qq45L28NU

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

My God! I just watched about 5 videos on this woman's Youtube channel. This is my favorite. I can't decide if she's just incredibly funny...or a good marketer...or both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Qq45L28NU

I find her funny and entertaining myself. She's well-spoken and clever. On top of that, she's got great facial bone structure. She must have been stunning when she was a young woman. I guess the test of how good a marketer she is would be if she's making sales. She's made a lot of videos and offers different products which kind of suggests that she is for her to feel justified at the effort involved in doing so.

Proper Opossum Pouches - YouTube

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Ken,

A cat's entire life purpose is to confound its human.

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NRabosa

11 years ago

And how bout squirrels and raccoons? Anyone here can tell me how they taste like?

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Doug 11 years ago

Originally Posted by NRabosa

And how bout squirrels and raccoons? Anyone here can tell me how they taste like?

Squirrel tastes a lot like spotted owl, raccoons are similar to Bald Eagle.
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Kurt

11 years ago

>Explain why my cat who kills everything is friends with a wild possum

Feline farsightedness?

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MissTerraK 11 years ago

Everyone (including cats) needs a friend.

It's a beautiful thing.

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jazzd1

11 years ago

One of our outside cats who KILLS everything has befriend a really big raccoon...My girlfriend saw them kiss each other on the nose the other day..That raccoon has been coming around since last summer..Eating up the cat food..Come to think about it, I need to buy some more cat/raccoon/bear food.. Bear you say? Well that's another story in itself..

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bizgrower

11 years ago

How To Win Friends and Influence Opossums:

Possum eating strawberry - YouTube

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Floyd Fisher

11 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

Seriously - a wild possum and my cat were eating out of the same
bowl in the house just a few minutes ago.

My cat kills everything and there they were, nonchalantly eating together.

I assume the possum is wild because it stank, looked ratty and freaked
when it saw me.

Probably for the same reasons my kitten Maggie decided to jump a barrier and introduce herself to my dog Hansel, and they became instant friends.

This happened within hours bringing the kitten home from a Petsmart adoption fair.

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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bizgrower

11 years ago

When Ken's cat is not playing possum, er..., playing with a opossum:

https://gma.yahoo.com/photo-cat-dest...news-pets.html

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