Who ate all the pies? Greedy possum overwhelmed by pastries after sneaking into bakery (but web sceptics are crying foul)

Could this be the world's cleverest possum?

Skeptics are crying Photoshop.

But to the innocent eye this appears to be exactly as it claims - a greedy rodent in a bakery.



Who ate all the pies?! This greedy possum, apparently

Images are spreading round the internet of this zoned-out animal, as it slumps in a sugar-induced slumber.

Believed to have been taken in Australia, the photograph appears to show the aftermath of a pastry binge, courtesy of a possum with eyes bigger than its stomach.

The unwitting creature has devoured at least a quarter of the tray of jammy goods upon which it has made its bed.

It is quite literally caught red handed, slumped with tell-tale smears of jelly covering its paws, a suspicious looking hole visible in the side of the box.



And as it sprawls across the remaining pies it seems like not a case of it but when the rodent will get around to finishing off its feast.

But all may not be quite what it seems, according to angry bloggers who claim the whole set up is bogus.

Foreign relative: The American possum is much meaner looking than the Australian

The photo first went live on Reddit , claiming to have been taken at Sydney's Taronga Zoo but rumours quickly spread of a New York-based scam.

These have since been disbanded owing to differences in appearance between American and Australian possums but the mystery still remains.