But seriously, I lived in the South half my life and nobody I know has ever eaten a possum, unless you count the Beverly Hillbillies. My Grandpa had a 200 acre farm in Arkansas where he raised mostly chickens and cows. Sometimes a cow would die,out there in the field. I once saw a dead cow and upon closer examination, it looked like the cow's belly was moving. I kicked the damned thing and out of its ass came a freaking possum! It had crawled up inside that dead cow and was eating its way to the outside. No possum for me, thank you.