meh, it's not that bad
it's odd, but not freakishly bizarre

Unless most smart phone cameras come with high-powered telephoto lenses, this seems like a stupid idea to me.

That doesn't actually seem any stupider than many of the places I see QR codes used in ads where getting a camera to recognize them is essentially impossible.

The little fella may have just been "playing possum", but I still think it's a funny pic.

In a followup, she said the possum was taken to a vet and is okay.

Is that a possum? Are there any possum species that have hairy tails?

Trying to answer my own question lead me to this wonderful site.

So what we the answer?

Yes, there were a couple on the site, but none that looked like this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum

Today I learned:

Opossums are from the Western Hemisphere, and Possums are from Australia/New Guinea.

The More You Know!