Re: [at-l] Virginia Opossum

> In a message dated 02/08/2000 9:42:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
dlc@nrtw.org
> writes:
>
> << I knew right away what  they must be >>
> No value judgement, about folks learnin, intended but this thread on
possums
> rekindles the spark that often strikes my limited brain cells whenever one
of
> these "What was that creature" threads hits an outdoor list. Being a
country
> boy born prior (just barely) to WW II and one that in the exuberance of
youth
> tried to domesticate just about every creature he could capture. Those
being
> most any he found; kids are among the worlds most resourceful creatures
until
> adults mess with them. Also, Those I didn't get to meet up close and
personal
> I read about & saw in Boys Life, or Field & Stream or some book I read.

> BTW if anyone runs across the books Rufus The Red Tailed Hawk or Big Red
> which is about an Irish Setter I'll pay big bucks to get a copy of either]
>     GET TO THE POINT PC
> Well OK if I gotta, I need periodically for folks to ask the "What was
that
> creature" question to remind me of how blessed I was to grow-up in a place
> and time where much of nature was an everyday first hand experience. One
> easily forgets how much they are educated by the natural things around
them.
> For a long time we in the U.S. did our best to eliminate many of natures
> creatures, for some time now the reverse applies and it is working. Each
year
> I see more and more of more and more creatures in places that I haven't
seen
> them for years or where I'd never seen them before.
> Nuf ramblin's of a nostalgic
> Justakahike
> Plum'Crazy
>
> PS: possums aint da bestest of pets.
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