bknightshadow45 Posted January 19, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 19, 2012 I been watching Eyewitness News yesterday that they reported a Opossum hitched a ride on a train. This is the first reported sighting of a Opossum on a train. Any thoughts? Opossum takes a ride on Manhattan-bound D train, sparks evacuation | 7online.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted January 19, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 19, 2012 I remember seeing one of those crawling around near the tracks on the Kings Highway ( station. I didn't even know we had creatures like that in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted January 19, 2012 Share #3 Posted January 19, 2012 I remember when I was with Manhattanville B/O friend on M4, we and passengers spotted Opposum entering some restricted area along 32nd St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3railgreg Posted January 20, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 20, 2012 They are not common in the Northeast period, let alone Brooklyn. I rarely see them even here in the sticks. Gotta say one thing for the subway, you never know whats gonna happen on the trip. It's better than rats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe From Greenpernt Posted January 20, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 20, 2012 Are possums elegible for reduced fare Metrocards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted January 20, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 20, 2012 They are not common in the Northeast period, let alone Brooklyn. I rarely see them even here in the sticks. Gotta say one thing for the subway, you never know whats gonna happen on the trip. It's better than rats!!! I guess you haven't been to Statan Island lately lol...they all around the city along with foxes, raccoons and the occasional bat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted January 20, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 20, 2012 They are not common in the Northeast period, let alone Brooklyn. I rarely see them even here in the sticks. Gotta say one thing for the subway, you never know whats gonna happen on the trip. It's better than rats!!! I don't know what you are talking about, they are pretty common around my Brooklyn area; Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gravesend; to be more specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick44 Posted January 20, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 20, 2012 I saw a possum on Ave J & East 16th Street one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted January 20, 2012 Share #9 Posted January 20, 2012 I've seen all sorts of animals with too much fur and too many legs roaming around queens over the years. Possums and raccoons are fairly common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted January 20, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 20, 2012 There was one of them roaming around in my backyard about a month ago.... Haven't seen it since though.... The one thing that caught me off guard, was when I seen that coyote that was roaming around the (holland) tunnel back in 2010.... I'm here walkin from work one night down washington st, I cross the street thinkin it's a dog.... a car's headlights makes the animal a little more visible, and I'm like holy s***, that's a coyote.... Where are these animals coming from... I'm starting to think someone's dropping these creatures in random areas of the city, to fend for themselves..... Within the past 2-3 years, I've seen everything from an opossum, to a snake, to a rabbit, to a raccoon, to a fox... and I won't get started on the blue jays, cardinals, orioles, (an) owl, finches (one of which flew so low as to knock my fitted off... those things are aggressive) and a couple others I can't make out what they are exactly..... I aint talkin about baseball players, or athletes from temple either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 20, 2012 Share #11 Posted January 20, 2012 Are possums elegible for reduced fare Metrocards? LOL. Then the other animals will demand the same as well. :cool: On Metro North i see smaller dogs reguarly lol. On serious point, on what B35 just said i think he has a point. Not to offend animal lovers but all of these exotic animals from possums to snakes(I knew during my undergrad college days dormmates having snakes as 'pets')and everything in between that are not meant to be in NYC homes as member of the family. Next I am sure a small deer will be featured on the news on a NYC subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted January 20, 2012 Share #12 Posted January 20, 2012 They are not common in the Northeast period, let alone Brooklyn. I rarely see them even here in the sticks. Gotta say one thing for the subway, you never know whats gonna happen on the trip. It's better than rats!!! I have to disagree with that one as well. I guess you haven't been to Statan Island lately lol...they all around the city along with foxes, raccoons and the occasional bat Right! I just saw one 3 days ago in the back yard..... Brooklyn that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe From Greenpernt Posted January 20, 2012 Share #13 Posted January 20, 2012 LOL. Then the other animals will demand the same as well. :cool:On Metro North i see smaller dogs reguarly lol. On serious point, on what B35 just said i think he has a point. Not to offend animal lovers but all of these exotic animals from possums to snakes(I knew during my undergrad college days dormmates having snakes as 'pets')and everything in between that are not meant to be in NYC homes as member of the family. Next I am sure a small deer will be featured on the news on a NYC subway. It's not that people are dumping "exotic" animals out onto the streets. You have to realize that animals like these are/were native to the area. We're responsible for eradicating their habitats by expanding ours via urban sprawl. After being pushed out far enough, these animals adapt to the changes and begin to venture back into, and repopulate, their traditional stomping grounds. Bear baiting was a popular spectator "sport" up to the mid-1800s in NYC. That is, until they finally ran out of bears. Then, ratfighting became popular. Rats, as we all know, are never in shortage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3railgreg Posted January 21, 2012 Share #14 Posted January 21, 2012 Goes to show my ignorance, and how long it's been since I've been to the City. Sounds like you guys are getting more critters than we have. If the little ones are around then Coyotes will be there too. Wow, who'd of thunk the variety of wildlife in Brooklyn. Don't rule out deer, they may be next... It was a great video;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe From Greenpernt Posted January 21, 2012 Share #15 Posted January 21, 2012 Goes to show my ignorance, and how long it's been since I've been to the City. Sounds like you guys are getting more critters than we have. If the little ones are around then Coyotes will be there too. Wow, who'd of thunk the variety of wildlife in Brooklyn. Don't rule out deer, they may be next...It was a great video;) Deer were, and are once again, becoming common in NYC. Deer are very adaptable animals. There has been a resurgence of deer on Staten Island, after being gone for decades. Wildlife experts believe that they swam (deer are excellent swimmers, BTW) from New Jersey. They are also highly intelligent. They swam to avoid paying the tolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted January 21, 2012 Share #16 Posted January 21, 2012 Deer were, and are once again, becoming common in NYC. Deer are very adaptable animals. There has been a resurgence of deer on Staten Island, after being gone for decades. Wildlife experts believe that they swam (deer are excellent swimmers, BTW) from New Jersey. They are also highly intelligent. They swam to avoid paying the tolls. LOL.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbound718 Posted January 29, 2012 Share #17 Posted January 29, 2012 Never seen em in the subways but let it be a warm late night/early morning in East Flatbush you see em with like 6 babies hanging on to em crossing the street like they pay tax too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTimer Posted January 29, 2012 Share #18 Posted January 29, 2012 Reminds me of the family that was in CCY last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Train Master Posted January 29, 2012 Share #19 Posted January 29, 2012 Goes to show my ignorance, and how long it's been since I've been to the City. Sounds like you guys are getting more critters than we have. If the little ones are around then Coyotes will be there too. Wow, who'd of thunk the variety of wildlife in Brooklyn. Don't rule out deer, they may be next...It was a great video;) HAHAHA Coyotes will be here! No they are in NYC Coyotes spotted in Manhattan - NYPOST.com Not commonly seen animals but there there along with some deer(most likely in the Northern Bronx and Eastern Queens). Only thing probably not seen in the city yet are maybe bears,mountain lions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockParkH Posted January 29, 2012 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2012 I've seen a lot of possums in Far Rockaway, saw a Fox in Bayswater Park, a Cardinal on the overhead wires on my street, and idk if Bengal Cats are rare in NY but I saw a huge one roaming around the B.36th street station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 29, 2012 Share #21 Posted January 29, 2012 Only possum I've seen up close was a dead one a few blocks from my house. For 'road kill' it looked intact. Next day the carcass was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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