So here I was, just a week or two ago, getting all giggly about the fact that we'd spotted our first brush tailed possum, and now look what the critter has gone and done. Decided that it has more than a passing taste for lemon rind. This has never happened to us before so either the possum is a newcomer to the area or things are pretty bad and food is scarce and it's decided that lemon zest is well....zesty and fun to eat. The purloining possum does a very good job though, I have to give it that, of chewing the rind off completely, as if it was skinning a rabbit, leaving the naked fruit behind. It clearly finds the fruit too sour for its liking. It has eaten quite a few fruit which is a little annoying because we like our lemons. I don't mind sharing our fruit with the wildlife with which we share Maryville but come on, don't eat it all, poss.
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Wow, I never knew they would eat lemons! I know they can strip trees in a night, but haven't seen them eat lemons before.
I was surprised as well, Louise....that's the great thing about living here...always new knowledge to learn....gee it;s cold out your way in the mornings! hope you don't have to get out of bed too early!
Ah, welcome to our world! Those possums are a real pain in the behind, and I too was surprise to see their bite marks in our lemons. We have Meyers lemons (less sour), and they chewed good chunks out of the fruit as well...
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