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In 2013 when the General Assembly was selecting North Carolina's State marsupial, it was easy since the Virginia Opossum is the only marsupial found in the state
Before I retired one of the Physics Professors from Argentina saw one for the first time. She had 2 cats👏. She loved all animals and became thoroughly infatuated them. She left bowls of cat food on her patio for them. (NC Wildlife discourages feeding them). Any way one day when she went out to put food in the bowl one of them took the opened patio door as an invite in. Needless to say when Mr. O got in the house her two house cats were not amused. She had to lock her cats in the bedroom until wildlife officers came to evict Mr. O.
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is a member of the opossum family found from southern Canada to northern Costa Rica, making it the northernmost marsupial in the world.[7] Commonly referred to simply as the possum,[8] it is a solitary nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and a successful opportunist.
Opossums are familiar to many North Americans as they frequently inhabit settled areas near food sources like trash cans, pet food, compost piles, gardens or house mice. Their slow, nocturnal nature and their attraction to roadside carrion make opossums more likely to become roadkill.The Virginia opossum is the original animal named "opossum", a word which comes from Algonquian wapathemwa, meaning "white animal". Colloquially, the Virginia opossum is frequently just called a "possum
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Flashback
December 12, 2010
Madi: A tale of one tail
This looks like it should hurt.
As always Madi your BFFF (best feline friend furever)
We had one living in the crawl space under the house - sometimes he would get in tw walls which was interesting. We had to chop 15;000 off our sale pice when the inspector found the nest
ReplyDeleteI have never seen an opossum in life but often on You Tube. They always seem so cute, but maybe I wouldn't think so if I met one face to face. Sweet flashback of Angel Madi.
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