We are settling in nicely to our new apartment. We even have a pet. His name is Harold and he is a nightly visitor to the trees outside our porch. Harold is a possum, not to be confused with an opossum (as I was, see blog post dated April 23). According to the world’s most accurate research source, Wikipedia, a possum is “any of about 70 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia…” To answer Jessie’s question in the April 23 comments, Harold is different from the North American variety of opossums in that he has a furry tail instead of a bare tail. Additionally, possums are herbivores, while opposums are carnivores. Here is a picture of Harold:
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