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Opossum tracks
I got a nice photo of some opossum tracks this afternoon. The front foot track is the one that looks like a large asterisk. It’s on top. The hind foot track is the one that looks like an open hand....
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It’s a gray short-tailed opossum joey
This is a newborn gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) joey. These opossums are from South America, and as New World marsupials, they are closely related to the Virginia opossum that is...
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How intelligent are opossums?
There’s a common statement on various websites related to opossums. It goes something like this: “Opossums are not as stupid as people think. A study (or studies or tests) show that opossums are...
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Treed opossum, 1917
This photo comes from Mammals of America by Harold Elmer Anthony. This book was published in 1917, so it unfortunately refers to the opossum hunter as a “Southern Darkey.” Of course, African Americans...
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Raccoon attacks opossum
Intelligent “dog with hands” versus primitive (and quite stupid) marsupial: Source.
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An old opossum
This old opossum is a survivor. It looks like it even has a bit of frost bite on the ears from last winter.
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Old opossum
I get opossums on the trail camera fairly regularly, and because I find them somewhat less interesting than other animals, I usually don’t post their photos on here. This one, however, is kind of...
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Creatures on the cameras
This week we had several visitors on the trail cameras. Keep in mind that one of these cameras has a messed up clock, so the time stamp reads that the video was taken in 2068. These cameras are pretty...
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Is the Virginia opossum the only marsupial native to North America?
The yapok or water opossum is a marsupial that ranges into Mexico and Central America. Americans are an unusually insular sort of people. We fail at geography big time. Don’t ask the average American...
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