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16-OCT-2018 Dave

Behind Enemy Lines

I was trying to catch a woodchuck but instead caught this unusually calm opossum.
He or she was slow to leave the trap (most animals bolt quickly) but eventually ambled away.

Alternative image in Pending: www.pbase.com/image/168275838

Canon EOS 80D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
1/320s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Oct-2018 14:21:42
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ModelCanon EOS 80D
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Focal Length100 mm
Exposure Time1/323 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
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Canon Image Challenge21-Oct-2018 20:43
Sorry about your losing your cat and running into someone who prevented you from getting another. Stinks when honesty isn't the best policy.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge19-Oct-2018 09:13
Hum.mmp...what a cool story...graduate school, puppies & kittens and Liquid Fence (I didn't know this existed).

(what the hell...my own animal rescue story)

So I had to put down my cat of 13 years, feline leukemia...and I go to get a new cat, an adult even, I'm good about this...

There are two in my area...both refused me an animal because I refused to say that I wouldn't let it out from time to time...(I could lie of course, but didn't, or refused to tell an untruth in this regards)

"I'd like to have this 7yo calico, it reminds me of my pet..."

"Promise to keep him indoors?"

"Well, No, I woun't make that promise."

"Then you can't have him."

"Look," I said, "this is an older male cat, he's been here over a week which means you'll be killing him within 48hours...let me have him...buy him."

"No, no way, " she told me firmly.

"Have fun killing him, that's what you are going to be doing, we both know this," I said, leaving to a bunch angry stares.

Heck, I figure both places must like killing cats, turning me down as they did.

Traveller
Canon Image Challenge19-Oct-2018 01:16
It's a never-ending struggle. I enjoy seeing them, and I'm happy to share (particularly at this time of year). But they seem to have an appetite for some of the plants that matter most to me. Please, eat all the weeds you want!

Rest assured that I'll never try to trap a deer. But I wouldn't mind using a paintball gun to spatter them with Liquid Fence or other deer repellent. What deer would want to mate with a sticky doe or buck?

I actually earned the nickname "Trapper Dave" when I was a graduate student. I shared a house in the country with two other guys and learned the road it was on was a dumping ground for puppies and kittens. Many of them were flattened by cars, but I managed to capture a few young enough that the local animal shelter was able to find homes for some of them.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge18-Oct-2018 14:04
Excellent...you know I love your critters....though confess, don't you sometimes think you may have missed your calling....to be a fur trapper in the 1840'S?

Grin, but true.ish

Traveller
Canon Image Challenge18-Oct-2018 04:51
Yes, it is a clever title. Right up Paul's alley.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge18-Oct-2018 02:25
I thought the title of one of my photos in Exhibition would elicit some chuckles: http://www.pbase.com/cichallenge/image/168277288

Dave
Canon Image Challenge17-Oct-2018 15:05
Both funny, and well done - good composition.
These 'possums are slow creatures to begin with, but this one looks placid as well - almost as if it wants more food.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge17-Oct-2018 11:08
Funny! I really like the content and title. Paul