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  • Marsupial on 35th Street

    01/20/2004 9:29:04 AM PST · by js1138 · 40 replies · 417+ views
    New York Times ^ | January 2004 | Nora Krug
    Heard Of The City Mouse? Try Bigger & Far Uglier By: Nora Krug - www.nytimes.com January 2004 New York - What was that furry creature parked on a ledge at 135 East 35th Street? A big rat? A cat? A small bear? For nearly eight hours, a quiet corner in Murray Hill was transformed into a kind of temporary zoo, as passers-by stopped to gawk and guess the identity of the long-snouted cat-size animal that paced along a narrow stone ledge about nine feet over a brownstone garden, sniffing, shaking and yawning. "I was thinking it was a hedgehog, because...
  • 10 opossums saved from mom's pouch

    05/19/2002 10:06:52 AM PDT · by Sungirl · 17 replies · 571+ views
    palm beach post ^ | Sunday, May 19, 2002 | By John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
    RIVIERA BEACH -- Not satisfied with saving people from burning buildings and fetching the occasional cat up a tree, Riviera Beach firefighters made an unusual rescue Saturday. It started when firefighter Chuck Reeves noticed something strange about a dead opossum in front of Station No. 4 on Military Trial just north of Blue Heron Boulevard. "It looked like the belly was moving," Reeves said. So with the help of a fellow firefighter, Reeves carefully cut the abdomen of the opossum to save 10 baby opossums. Reeves then called fellow Riviera Beach firefighter Donnie Poole, who does animal rescue work on...