A Life Long First
January 15th, 2010 at approximately 7:45 pm, I saw something I have never seen before (and likely will never see again) in my life.
My wife and I were ready to leave to go up town for dinner. We let the dogs out into the back yard. My dog ran quickly to the far corner of the lot, stopped by the fence and began barking – continuously and frantically. He kept at it, ignoring my calls and whistles until I had to walk down to get him. It was dark, and although I couldn't see anything, I could hear the leaves being rustled just on the other side of the fence. I couldn't imagine what would be so brave as to continue just a few feet away from a barking dog and a person.
I went back inside and got a flashlight and my wife and we walked down the yard to see. What the light reveal were two opossum, locked in what could be called a “passionate embrace.” Yes, I have seen, with mine own eyes – mating marsupials.
You just don’t see that everyday.
Labels: life on life's terms
posted by Kim Williams at
4:20 PM
5 Comments:
Wow thanks for sharing really....I usually have seen posissms on the side of the road playing possium
Wow! Where's a camera when one needs one....and the dog's barking didn't scare them off? These things were determined.
I loved your previous post Kim, very powerful, the kind you have to read two or three times to be sure you've captured every word, and each time, it's meaning becomes more powerful.
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LLLLLLLLLLLLOL, I can't tell you how much that made me laugh out loud. My own dogs bark at random things when walking them...I can only IMAGINE the sight you discovered! What determined and stubborn little possums! Haha
That is really something we don't see every day! Hard to believe they didn't run off hearing the dogs's barking... Determined in love...
Thanks for sharing!
This even trumps "muskrat love," huh?
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