In the land of ticks and Lyme disease, opposums are always welcomed. In one season, one opposum can eat thousands of Lyme carrying, Rocky Mountain fever spreading nasty little buggers. They're literally tick vacuums. And with tick populations exploding everywhere it's something you think about when you're picking 20+ ticks off each dog after a 20min hike.....As much as I love my figs I'd happily share with an opposum or 2