I also read about the earthquake in Haiti. Very terrible, and this one had such a high magnitude. I hope these people get help soon.
They call these critters "possums" here. I've lived here for 20 years, and a possum has visited me three or four times during that time. They walk around the bushes, looking for food, and by daytime they have disappeared. I used to be very watchful when they came, because I had these two little chihuahuas and I didn't know how either one would react seeing the other species. But nowadays I don't care.

Ingrid

I am so uneasy any time I read or hear the word earthquake.I was out all afternoon and I did not hear about the Haiti earthquake. I am so sorry for all those people.I'll pray for them.
I am glad you did not feel it.
Pat

I've just seen the news and it is horrible.

Siam you had me scared. Glad you are ok and that even help came along to get rid of the snakes you hate so much :-)

Lucy

I'm glad that you are safe Siam. I am just now reading about the awful devastation in Haiti.

I'm glad to hear that you didn't suffer any effects from the earthquake. The pics on the news were terrible.

We get possums in the yard periodically. I had one get stuck in an empty trash can. The kind we have here are butt ugly as adults but are cute as babies. They look kind of like a giant rat when grown but there's other varieties that are adorable. My sugar gliders are actually an Australian possum. I didn't know that they ate snakes. The only animal I knew that did that were mongooses. We did see a number of those in S. America. BTW snakes are good for your garden. They'll take care of all the criters that will eat your plants.

Snakes are ICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Sorry, but I'd rather deal with bugs then a snake...I can't even look at them in a book, even a drawing of one...WAY to creeped out...Chickens will also keep snakes away.

That earthquake in Haiti was just awful...I pray for everyone there :(

So glad Siam to hear you are safe.. What a Horrible Devastation for so many people!!
We get the iron clad possums called Armadillo's I hate them with a passion.. all they do is dig for grubs and uproot stuff.. I have made many midnight rounds to to catch and kill the little bastages...I'll take a snake any day...LOL

Glad you are safe Siam.

A joke - Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum it could be done.

Linda

LOL Linda hehehe. I am terrified of snakes.. i rather deal with anything but snakes!!! i cant stand snakes!
The scare me.
Siam.

So glad to hear you are safe Siam.
It`s terrible to see such devastation, they are in my
prayers as well.

Karen

Like everyone else I'm so glad this didn't impact you Siam.
My workplace (medical center) usually sets up a matching fund for things like this so am waiting (like so many) to contribute. It also sends aide teams with staff volunteering...too soon right now, but hope they'll be doing that again for this.

Knotz & Siam - my undergrad advisor was the head of the herpetology section so all his advisees got to 'volunteer' for collecting trips.....and there were lots of big specimens to be found in southern Mississippi and Louisiana.

Chena - boy am I old! I remember when armadillos were just gmoving as far east as the Mississippi. Too bad they can't be trained to dig where you want them to. they can really move the dirt.

will