They are amazing and much misunderstood. Fell in love as a child and still love them at 74. Always find the “I’m too scary to eat” process very touching…they’re so scared. Wonderful video and great job! Such beautiful critters.
Thank you for making and sharing this! I fell in love with them when a tiny one came in through the animal door and made itself at home in my kitchen. I ended up filming them nightly for quite a while. Amazing little creatures.
I have a Opossum pet/rescue named Beetlejuice. She needed a home because she took to her rehab a little too well & loved being cared for by people so when release day came she sniffed her way across the property & slept outside the enclosure. The lady doing the rehab couldn’t keep her because she currently has several that are more special needs. So now she lives with me at a animal sanctuary. It’s been 6 weeks & she’s domesticated herself pretty much & loves to snuggle…so basically she’s a weird cat, or so my dog thinks anyway. But, she still gets a fairly wild life, we spend plenty of time in the woods on the property. Just Beetlejuice & her bodyguard 😂
the scared possum was interesting. it was so tiny, I wonder how old it was. but it was trying so hard! thank you for sharing this. I've mainly only encountered possums in suburban areas and so felt like they were unnatural where I saw them. but I feel sorry for so many getting run over by cars. some of the species in the southern US are kind of cute looking (in particular the moms with tons of kids hanging on her back). also the people care about possums so much. that was sweet.
They est 4 to 5000 ticks a day. Have an enzyme in thier blood to ward off cancer. They do not get rabies. I used to rehab them from 2005 to 2007. Awesome critters. Exceptionally clean. They slubb you by rubbing on you and washing you❤ You are KNIGHTED into thier world when this is done. Be honored❤
Yeah our possums in Australia aren’t cute and cuddly…they’ll growl and bite and they will not play possum and just lay there..nothing in Australia is cuddly,don’t be fooled by their appearance,even a koala that looks like a cute teddy bear,given a chance would love to scratch and bite u…and of course our drop bears that fall out of trees…directly on top of u while ur casually taking a nice walk….COME TO AUSTRALIA THEY SAID..IT WILL BE FUN THEY SAID….come and have a beer with us,sit on a white sandy beach…just don’t approach the wild life
if it's healthy and strong i don't think you need to 'teach' it anything ----- they are very cautious animals --- the first thing that girl did was lookf for a cozy place to sleep. When she get's hungry she will find food ....
*SO FIRST OFF I WANT TO SAY THE ANIMAL IN QUESTIONS IS AN OPOSSUM **-NOT-** A POSSUM. 2 SEPARATE ANIMALS ON 2 SEPARATE CONTINENTS(America verses Australia)*
I think south america should stop hoarding opossum species and donate one of them to central and north america. Everyone could benefit from more opossum.
I love this!!!! Intro, expert, and film clips. Well done and very insightful, especially the interview with the rehab expert. AWSOME INDEED! We love our resident marsupial too!
I absolutely love this video! I care for a colony of Community Cats and have two possums also coming for food. I also have trolls trying to stir up drama by saying possums are dirty, etc. I want to share the link to your video on my channel, The Armchair Cat Advocate. Of course, I will give you full credit! Thanks so much for doing this video!
i love opossums, i really wish we had them here in germany.. Hopefully i can see one someday when i travel to the USA, they are really my favourite animal!
The marsupials are the living branch of the metatherians. Only one made it to North America and this had nothing to do with a disadvantage competing with eutherian mammals. What’s held them back is the Mexican desert which is a huge barrier for species from South America to move north In its absence, they would be more widespread here.
