"They're like big, white rats... made of rubber"

This morning at work there was a possum behind the watercooler. It was unceremoniously beheaded with a shovel.

I always assumed that possums were kind of like mice or rats, you know, fairly harmless. So when the possum was discovered, and people were trying to figure out who would kill it, I asked: "Where's the cat?"
Apparently, our cat is no match for a possum, even a baby possum. (See title)
Apparently, a possum can chew through a tire. Is that how they end up as roadkill so often... looking for tires to chew?

ANYWAYS ...
Like I said, it was only a baby possum, which means there are more possums lurking about somewhere.... DUM DUM DUMMMMMMMMM