Not sure if there is such a thing as state rodents but this one has got to be ours. Last night I was heading home from the restaurant when I had to swerve into the other lane to barely miss hitting this thing with my car. These suckers are as big as a cat if not bigger and I sure did not want to damage my vehicle hitting one. Then I had to text my friend about it and she goes oh you mean the state rodent. Never really thought about like that until then because they are always getting their asses run over. Must not be fairly quick animals to make it across but then again the squirrels are mighty fast and they still manage to get squished.
This also gives me another thought, if the possum is our state rodent what does the squirrel become besides a nuisance?
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If you ever find yourself up close and way too personal with one of those critters, please be careful. For even if it does “play possum,” which is to play dead, it can tear you a very nasty new one when it thinks it’s in grave danger. Be assured that their needle-like teeth are as sharp as needles!!!
By the way, many down south consider them to be mighty fine eatin,’ but I never cared much for the taste. Coon, on the other hand, is.
Just the thought of it, it makes me weak, no, i know it’s a bit over reacting, but I really find these creature squeamish.
I actually had one of these little creatures as a pet when I was young. I raised it after the mother was hit by a car. It grew up to about half it’s full size and chewed it’s way out of the cage and ran away.
Martha