tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post2914490272994749492..comments2024-03-26T20:00:38.042-07:00Comments on A Woodsrunner's Diary: Australian and New Zealand Possums.Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post-2970579806803880102011-10-30T14:52:21.034-07:002011-10-30T14:52:21.034-07:00I have not eaten Possum, mostly because they are p...I have not eaten Possum, mostly because they are protected and I have no need to, but I would think they ate plenty in New Zealand. I remember reading an article on jobless youths living in the bush hunting possums for the furs. One would assume they ate possum, I would.<br />I have always thought, knowing their eating habits, that the possum here fills the same nich as the Racoon does in the States.<br />Keith.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562001301604097606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post-61272033785568345902011-10-30T00:45:58.508-07:002011-10-30T00:45:58.508-07:00Over here, the American possum is sometimes eaten....Over here, the American possum is sometimes eaten. Has anyone tried the Australian variety?Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093666650139166859.post-49047449294741712342011-10-29T21:44:12.724-07:002011-10-29T21:44:12.724-07:00Le Loup, as I said, a different animal. Whether ...Le Loup, as I said, a different animal. Whether or not they may be related I have no idea. Our possum, properly called opossum, is a marsupial; the only one we have. It is not considered a fur bearer. It looks like nothing more than over grown rat. The tail is hairless, or nearly so, and is prehensile. Some people consider them to be good eating, but I’ve never tried one myself.Bob Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997282897568511967noreply@blogger.com