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Opossum?

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What is this, it’s abandoned by mail box. Did not touch it. submitted by /u/Zerospace13 [link] [comments]

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. The carrier was a normal cardboard box, but the opossum was nestled on a square of white fur, surrounded by pinecones and greenery, and all of it was festively tied with a ribbon. How did Crystal react?

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All Things Opossum: Understanding Our Marsupial Neighbors

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submitted by /u/CelestineCrystal [link] [comments].

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Found a dead opossum Mom and her survived young (6) babies “(OC)”

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Took them to a shelter submitted by /u/Hilltopseeker [link] [comments]

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Has anyone heard a woodchuck making a similar sound to a raccoon?

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Our cat, "Milo", is an indoor/outdoor cat, who was also somewhat raised with an opossum ("Tino"). They bonded, and since his passing, she's seemingly on this search for another "companion." I heard what was like a raccoon fight about four weeks ago, during a heavy rainstorm.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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Naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests.

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Red-tailed Hawk Eating Breakfast

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Later in the morning I came across an Opossum that had been sliced nearly in half by the mower and I imagine that it wasn’t the only casualty of the poorly planned mowing. They do the entire landfill every-other-year instead of doing half each year.