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Trash panda update: they're not gone but seem to be starting to learn we don't like them. The super soaker is the weapon of choice - they hate it but it doesn't do any permanent damage.

I had one pop out in broad daylight earlier and pummeled it with the super soaker until it climbed up a tree out of range.

Another one showed up after dark and froze when I walked out the back door, maybe it thought I couldn't see it?

It thought wrong.

EDIT: The one in the video might have been a possum, looking back at the recording. We do have one in the area that I try not to bother unnecessarily, but in dim lighting they're hard to tell apart from trash pandas (especially on thermal, in NV it's a lot easier to distinguish them).

One of the reasons I've been avoiding using anything with more punch than a squirt gun.