Reeder Custom Guns - I've always wanted one as a pet...

My friend Craig Faith, some kin of Doug, has one. His name is "Lewis" and he is now 7 months old. I asked if he is active at night and Craig said he "makes a ruckus whenever he decides to". They are not typically aggressive and hiss and bare teeth when cornered. I've never seen one snap or try to bite anyone. But those needle like canines have my bluff. I have read that they are very beneficial at reducing tick populations and greatly help with the spread of Lyme disease. Sounds good to me, they eat dead stuff too. Four legged fuzzy buzzard.

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When I lived in Tacoma we called them road pizzas. Funny, I’ve never seen one in Montana. I wonder if it gets too cold for them here.

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growing up in the 1920's they would catch a Possum and throw in the the lard barrel (?). Never got a good mental picture that that was exactly, but I think it was some refuse storage. It was allowed to "clean out" for a week or so then the family would kill and clean, eat the Possum. I've never eaten one that I knew of.

Some old black men, that had whatever version of the Masons the black folks have, did an annual feast fundraiser. It was next door to the Water Utility maintenance shop. As a neighborly gesture us boys would go over that day and give donations and eat with the old men. They were very nice and if you enjoyed BBQ it was a treat. However you didn't really know that "kind" of meat you were actually eating and they were purposefully non specific when asked. Just BBQ, bread, ice tea, and a couple paper towels to wipe your chin. Horse, Coon, Deer, Goat, it's anyone's guess but we ate it several years in a row. I'm still here so I guess it was all good.

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Lots of teeth( 52 )more teeth than any other Mammal in North America

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Bob, I doubt the cold is the reason their not in Montana. Here in Minnesota, we can get down to minus 35 at times, with wind chills below that. We've got those things from Central Minnesota down to the Iowa boarder. Never heard or seen one north of Brainard though.

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Unfortunately, I cannot take that chance.

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diseases. Here, they tell you to never touch one with your bare hands.

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They have been around so long that they have developed a genetic resistance to rabies. I have seen a couple used as pets, but its illegal where I am.

When the apocalypse comes it will be them and cockroaches left.

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I've always wanted one as a pet...

Odd looking critters for sure

Never heard of one in MT, usually racoons

My Grandfather Goree told me that

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Their poop has a bacteria in it that can be fatal to horses.

They carry ticks, fleas, and

Amazing animals, almost immune to rabies.