[RP TownTalk] Riverdale Wildlife

[ABragg7393 at aol.com]

Hi Jeff, just for your information....
If your tenants keep covers on their trash cans, the opossum would  not be 
there.  It would go elsewhere looking for food.  I am  fascinated by these 
animals.  The wildlife was here before we were, so they  deserve our respect 
and compassion.   May the "animal angels" bless  you.
audrey
read below:
 
Over 70 million years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. While they  are now 
extinct, one animal who shared the same land with the dinosaurs still  exists 
today... the opossum..
Despite its appearance, the opossum is not  related to the rat. In fact, 
the opossum is a marsupial, or "pouched" mammal,  and is therefore related to 
other marsupials such as the kangaroo and the koala.  Like kangaroos and 
koalas, infant opossums stay inside the mother's pouch to  nurse and develop. 
The opossum holds the distinction of being North Americas's  only marsupial. 
ps:  In Mexico they eat the tails to increase fertility.
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/14/2011 8:40:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
yorkedial at gmail.com writes:

He is a creep. Had one eating out of a garbage can that a tenant left out  
and it scared the bejesus out of a woman looking at an adjacent apt for the  
second time. Unnerved her and she then thought we had an animal problem.  
Filled out the app, then took a place in Takoma Park.  That is a Rat if  you 
ask me. Good news: nu tenant pays significantly higher rate. Will use to  
pay taxes to rid Riverdale of such vermin. 
On May 14, 2011 8:30 PM, <_ABragg7393 at aol.com_ (mailto:ABragg7393 at aol.com) 
> wrote:
> Found this little guy in a bush in our back yard  Friday night. He was 
the 
> 3rd one! First one was dead, second was  injured and barely making it and 
> this one was ok and healthy.
>  I called the Prince Georges County Animal Management for the 2nd one and 
 
> they came within 10 minutes and took him. This one spent the night  with 
us 
> in a box ate some cat food, drank some water and then we took  him down 
to 
> the management facility where he would go to a rehab unit  until he could 
go 
> back into the wild. He is cute. I would have loved  him as a pet, but 
must 
> be realistic.
> Anyway, want to tell  everyone that the PGC Animal Management is 
wonderful. 
> Very  responsive. And Great! They thanked us for bringing him in and 
> said  most people would just ignore them. I also toured the facility 
while I  
> was there and was very impressed with the cleanliness and the care  the 
> animals get. I usually donate to the humane society, but I will  be 
adding PGC 
> Animal Management to my list. I just love them.
>  
> Here he is:


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