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"Justin" wrote:

Opossums look like cats. They have tails, eyes and ears like cats.
They smell like cats too. Can I correctly call an Opossum a cat?

-PossumMan

I'd be interested in finding out where you live, here in Florida, they
don't look like or smell like cats. An the eyes, ears and tails all
more closely resemble Rats.... Now if you wanted to call Opossums rats,
I'd be right there with ya.....


--Wade