Source: https://youtu.be/TBsDFFtmiuE
Please Frontier, we need them in the Game
Ooh, opossums!
Years ago, my cat started to wake me up in the middle of the night - every single night - by clawing at the glass of my balcony door. One night, when my groggy brain finally managed to send me the message that there might actually be a reason for her shenanigans, I looked out on the balcony to see - an opossum. My apartment is on the third floor! With no tree branches close by.
So the next night, I went out on the balcony and saw the opossum climb (or should I say: walk) down the outside stucco wall of the building! I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had no idea they could do that. And why on earth would it do that? I had nothing eatable on my balcony. One of the following nights answered that question: I found my cat on one side of the balcony door, the opossum on the other side, both just making gooey eyes (casting enamoured glances) at each other!!! My cat, who used to hiss at any living being apart from me, in love with an opossum... and this love was apparently reciprocated! Adorable!
Too bad that a) the opossum woke me up every night and b) it relieved itself all over the balcony. So I borrowed a live trap from friends, put some cat food inside, and a few nights later captured Romeo. I released him at a safe distance. Too bad this was before smartphones with cameras.