Here is a Mr. Possum, caught in the trap, which the city provided yesterday.   The inside of his ears are black, and the outside of the ears are tan.

 Here is the trap put into place, and baited with canned tuna and apple pieces.  It does not harm the possum, and should it catch somebody’s pet, it is easy to release it.

 Is it the same possum I saw before on this occasion, or in our compost.

 I will examine carefully to see.  He could be, but it is hard to tell.  This one seems to have more black fur along his shoulders, but his position is different from that of the trapped possum.

 Let’s check and see if we think it was the same possum we saw earlier.  This time the possum was very mild mannered, and did not hiss or bear his teeth.  We can see that his tail is  scaly.    I am not sure whether it is the same Mr. Possum or not.

The city’s Animal Control people will come and pick it up, and when they do, we will ask  the Animal Control officer if we can borrow the trap  for at least another day.  They will release it into the wild.