Giant Rats

As I was feeding the cats, I noticed an animal looking down from our guava tree. This guy looks like he’s taken some abuse in the face. Maybe he was trying to eat Yoda’s food, and got clawed instead.
The opossum looks a lot like the killer rodents of unusual size that attacked the Man in Black in The Princess Bride, and makes a loud hissing noise if molested. I’ve never heard of them attacking, and used to catch them by the tail when I was a kid.
Another interesting thing about possums is that when they “play dead”, they actually pass out from being overwhelmed by terror. I’ve never seen them do this though. The ones around here must be pretty used to encounters with humans and their pets.