I love possums.. They ain't too bright, but they are ALWAYS grinning..
I caught many of them in my miss-spent youth, just by running them down and picking them up by the tail...
A few years back, when I was down in Georgia hunting wild hogs, I tried to run down and catch an armadillo ( possum on the half shell)...
I learned that armadillos run MUCH faster than possums, or at least much faster than slightly overweight , middle aged Pygmies...