u/junkDriver

Walked out into the backyard this morning and found a young possum peacefully sleeping in the middle of my backyard with a yellow bee crawling across its face.

Called animal control to see if they wanted to come out and see how it passed - but they said they normally wouldn't. Just bag it up and put it in the trash. I was planning to be away and miss the collection day, so the bin would get stank up - and in this case they agreed to come out.

A very nice gentleman showed up shortly after and took the poor possum away. He said people put rodent repellent out and the youngling must have overindulged in it.

This made me very sad. Possums are good guys and don't hurt anyone.