Face to face in the crawl space - InspectionNews

Kevin VanderWarf · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 03:48 PM

I saw pine straw and leaves as I was heading around the corner under the front door. When I turned the corner I shined my light to my right and these little buggers were about 8" from me.
I don't what kind of eyes I see in a crawl space, it always scares the crap out of me.
After taking this pic and looking a little closer, mama started to stir around a bit, so I left them as quickly as I found them.

Richard Rushing · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 04:05 PM

opossum

One entry found for opossum. Main Entry: opos·sum

Pronunciation: (&-)'pä-s&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural opossums also opossum
Etymology: earlier apossoun, opassom, Virginia Algonquian, from Algonquian *wa.p- white + *-a<glottalstop>θemw- dog
1 : any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail ; especially : a common omnivorous largely nocturnal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of North America that has grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks and is an expert climber
2 : any of several Australian phalangers

David Banks · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 05:23 PM

omnivorous!
Run!

Jerry Peck · #4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 06:25 PM

(Underlining is mine)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Rushing

opossum

One entry found for opossum. Main Entry: opos·sum

Head back to that one main entry and skedaddle out of there.

wayne soper · #5 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 06:57 PM

Man that looks like a badger to me.

Bruce Breedlove · #6 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 07:25 PM

Kevin,

Judging by the date stamp on the pic (06/10/2005) it took you two years to settle your nerves enough to talk about this incident. I hope you don't run into any snakes in a crawlspace.

Rick Hurst · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 08:42 PM

Those mama opossum's can get really ugly with you if she has some babies.

I seen one maybe 15 years ago under a house, and when I saw those red eyes it definately gets your attention.

They will actually charge towards you making a really strange hissing noise.

I got the message and cleared out of the way.

Kevin VanderWarf · #8 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 09:10 PM

Bruce,

That's my spare camera, I need to change the date on it I suppose. Good observation though.

Badger? I don't think we have those here, it was definitely opossums.