I like 'possums. Did you know that they rarely, if ever, get rabies?
I've caught 'possums several times in my have a heart trap.
They may go through the motions of hissing and looking mean,
but that's all it is, an act. Once they really get upset, they pass out and play dead...they RARELY fight.
Every time I've caught one, I've had to use a thin bamboo stick to get it out of the trap,
because it's been too dumb to get out. I have to practically tip it on end, almost upside down,
while gently prodding the 'possum with the bamboo stick.
THEN it will finally tumble out and waddle slowly away, going to the nearest tree and climbing to a 'safe' level.
It will walk out on a limb, realize it doesn't go anywhere, turn around and walk back to the trunk, then turn around again and be on the same limb it was on to begin with.
One night it did this 4 times before it finally decided to just climb down out of the tree. It supplied us with some chuckles.
Yeah, you're right ...they're dumb as a stick. Chuckling too!