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Title: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: ChairmanPoo on April 17, 2021, 09:45:21 am
What are the odds that an opossum will eat someone's face before animal control arrives?

Asking for a friend
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 17, 2021, 10:51:26 am
Is the human alive or dead?

EDIT: Alright, saw other post.  Opossums are basically like feral cats*.  You stay away from them, and they'll stay away from you.  We got one at home that basically eat with the cats outside.

EDIT2: *And yes, I think that answers your original question.
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: ArchimedesWojak on April 17, 2021, 01:36:17 pm
It tried to bite me as i ran out of my room to let animal control into the house.
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 17, 2021, 01:49:04 pm
Quote from: ArchimedesWojak on April 17, 2021, 01:36:17 pm
It tried to bite me as i ran out of my room to let animal control into the house.

Sorry!

...when you're feeling better, inquiring minds would like to know where it tried to bite.
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: ArchimedesWojak on April 17, 2021, 02:57:03 pm
Quote from: EuchreJack on April 17, 2021, 01:49:04 pm
Quote from: ArchimedesWojak on April 17, 2021, 01:36:17 pm
It tried to bite me as i ran out of my room to let animal control into the house.

Sorry!

...when you're feeling better, inquiring minds would like to know where it tried to bite.

Right Foot around the ankle
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: King Zultan on April 18, 2021, 04:30:07 am
Opossums are all bark and no bite, from what I've seen them do is they act like they're gonna do something but they never do anything.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: martinuzz on April 18, 2021, 05:58:32 am
Yeah if it really bit you, I'd go to the doctor and get a rabies shot. They shouldn't bite, unless perhaps when you corner them and put your toe in the mouth.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: BigD145 on April 18, 2021, 07:36:51 am
No, because opossums are basically immune to rabies. They're not know to transmit rabies. A rabid opossum is a myth. Were-possums, though? Is leprosy the first sign of becoming a were-possum?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Yellow Pixel on April 18, 2021, 12:16:16 pm
Quote from: BigD145 on April 18, 2021, 07:36:51 am
No, because opossums are basically immune to rabies. They're not know to transmit rabies. A rabid opossum is a myth.

According (https://opossumsocietyus.org/faq-opossum/#Do%20opossums%20carry%20rabies?) to the Opossum Society of the United States:

"Any mammal can get rabies. However, the chance of rabies in an opossum is EXTREMELY RARE. This may have something to do with the opossum’s low body temperature (94-97º F) making it difficult for the virus to survive in an opossum’s body."

Quote from: BigD145 on April 18, 2021, 07:36:51 am
Were-possums, though? Is leprosy the first sign of becoming a were-possum?

Not a were-possum, but a were-armadillo.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 18, 2021, 12:19:14 pm
Opossums also have thick hides, closer to a pig than other furry woodland creatures.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Imic on April 18, 2021, 01:05:43 pm
I know that were-Badgers and were-hedgehogs are a serious problem in the UK, but I don't know about Opossums.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 18, 2021, 01:07:01 pm
Quote from: Imic on April 18, 2021, 01:05:43 pm
I know that were-Badgers and were-hedgehogs are a serious problem in the UK, but I don't know about Opossums.
If you look outside and see an Opossum, you're in the Americas.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Yellow Pixel on April 18, 2021, 01:37:32 pm
Quote from: EuchreJack on April 18, 2021, 01:07:01 pm
If you look outside and see an Opossum, you're in the Americas.

Or in Australia.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Starver on April 18, 2021, 03:50:39 pm
US: Opossoms
Oz: Possoms

Different things. (Well, very similar different things, but Possoms are closer related to other Australian marsupials than their more distant Yankee cousins.)

Unless, instead of being "were-"(o)possoms with your standard therianthropy, they're actually possom-opossoms (or verse vica) having somehow been bitten by their counterpart. Before they they bit you.

That could be... confusing?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: martinuzz on April 18, 2021, 04:41:13 pm
They both taste great with red wine though
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Yellow Pixel on April 18, 2021, 05:14:31 pm
Quote from: martinuzz on April 18, 2021, 04:41:13 pm
They both taste great with red wine though

Does that mean you're a were-possum hunter? :P
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: martinuzz on April 18, 2021, 05:19:25 pm
As long as I have red wine, yes.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Starver on April 18, 2021, 05:30:02 pm
What if you were a you're-possum hunter?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: martinuzz on April 18, 2021, 05:38:21 pm
confusion has just short-circuited my brain. I need more red wine
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: King Zultan on April 19, 2021, 02:27:23 am
I wonder what a werepossum would look like, and with the current conversation makes me wonder what they taste like.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 19, 2021, 08:23:07 am
Chicken.  Everything tastes like chicken.  :P

But seriously, I figure they taste somewhat like pork.  The dark meat on pork, that is.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Yellow Pixel on April 19, 2021, 08:51:10 am
And about what they look like, I found an old bestiary page showing a werepossum. (https://d.furaffinity.net/art/evisceration/1464257335/1464257335.evisceration_epson016.jpg)
Title: Re: Can opossums eat human flesh?
Post by: Foxite on April 21, 2021, 02:41:24 am
Quote from: ArchimedesWojak on April 17, 2021, 01:36:17 pm
It tried to bite me as i ran out of my room to let animal control into the house.
If this ever happens again, try not to run out of the room, but very slowly move towards the door. Don't make sudden movements, because that's a good way to scare the shit out of a wild animal that's trapped in your house. It panics, and tries to bite you. When in doubt, just ask the operator what to do.

Because it's going to take a while, call animal control, move out of your room (locking it inside), and then wait for them to arrive, in that order.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: King Zultan on April 21, 2021, 02:49:07 am
You could always throw a blanket over it.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: wierd on April 21, 2021, 02:52:21 am
I stand by my suggestions in the original thread.

If in urban area: Contact animal control, they have special tools to leash and remove the critter safely.
If in rural area: discretely open the window, then leave the room, and lock/block the door. Go outside, and leave catfood out there. (notification of fish and game is optional, but recommended for a first time experience, or if the possum is demonstrating clear signs of distemper.)

Possums are scavengers, and will seek out food as a primary motivator. They are expecially fond of cat food.

Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: anewaname on April 27, 2021, 11:12:26 am
There is an important thing about opossums.. They appear "aggressive" when they are trying to claim territory, claim food, or feel cornered; but this is all bluff...

The easiest conversation with them goes like this:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

But wierd's cat food or animal control is right, so any emotional interaction is just play for you.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: ArchimedesWojak on April 27, 2021, 11:20:39 am
This happened a week ago the opossum literally came and went

thank you for the advice anewaname but i feel like this thread is redundant and should be locked
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: ChairmanPoo on April 27, 2021, 11:24:12 am
But where are you going to go when you start looking for a cure?

I think we should leave it open for you and any other potential Ameridelphia lycanthropy sufferers.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: ArchimedesWojak on April 27, 2021, 11:25:40 am
Quote from: ChairmanPoo on April 27, 2021, 11:24:12 am
But where are you going to go when you start looking for a cure?

I think we should leave it open for you and any other potential Ameridelphia lycanthropy sufferers.

ok
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: King Zultan on April 28, 2021, 03:56:39 am
How will we find a cure for this, should we go on a long and potentially deadly quest for the cure?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Yellow Pixel on April 28, 2021, 08:25:52 am
We could, but do we really need a cure for this?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Starver on April 28, 2021, 09:38:02 am
How much rope could a were-opossum sum, if a were-opossum could sum rope?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: King Zultan on April 29, 2021, 03:48:57 am
Quote from: Yellow Pixel on April 28, 2021, 08:25:52 am
We could, but do we really need a cure for this?
I mean a bullet is as good a cure as any.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on April 29, 2021, 04:37:43 am
Silver Needle?
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: anewaname on April 29, 2021, 01:30:02 pm
Silvered cat food!
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on May 01, 2021, 07:53:42 am
Found some advice from the distant past:
Quote from: ToonyMan on September 06, 2010, 09:57:59 pm
Here's something that was posted in the last out of context thread,
Quote from: Duke 2.0 on June 16, 2009, 08:24:48 pm
Why don't you LIGHT YOUR HANDS ON FIRE AND PUNCH THE 'COON TO DEATH.

It seems relevant...
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: King Zultan on May 02, 2021, 03:40:46 am
Werepossums won't mess with you if your on fire.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: EuchreJack on May 02, 2021, 09:38:19 am
Quote from: King Zultan on May 02, 2021, 03:40:46 am
Werepossums won't mess with you if your on fire.

They may try to help you put out the flames by peeing on you, though.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: martinuzz on May 02, 2021, 02:50:19 pm
Werepossums, necromancers.. This thread is doomed.
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: A_Curious_Cat on May 02, 2021, 05:46:40 pm
Don’t worry, it’ll eventually die down.










Then, years later a thread necromancer will happen upon it...
Title: Re: Can you turn into a were-opossum if a rabid opossum bites you?
Post by: Vector on May 02, 2021, 08:17:46 pm
Quote from: A_Curious_Cat on May 02, 2021, 05:46:40 pm
Then, years later a thread necromancer will happen upon it...

. . . Bump into it, you might say?