But they're the kind of animal that nobody wants to claim! A California tale has it: there were no possums on the West Coast until someone harboring a grudge shipped out a rail car full of stuff (some say fruit, some say just garments or whatnot) to California. He included a few possums, hoping they would breed like rabbits - and they did.

The County of Santa Clara has nothing nice to say about them: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/vector/programs-and-services/wildlife/Pages/Opossums.aspx In turn, I don't have much nice to say about Santa Clara either. I sometimes walk down the hill from my San Benito campsite to cover the County with my urine. So there!

A more honest story from KCET: https://www.kcet.org/redefine/5-species-you-might-have-mistakenly-thought-were-california-natives
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