An Opossum Raised by a Human

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5 comments on “An Opossum Raised by a Human”

    1. My friend Bob had an opossum living in his house. She had babies which looked like tiny pieces of moving hamburger meat.. They crawled up into her pouch right after birth and stayed there until they were big enough to come out and festoon her body like ornaments. She had a regular routine–coming out in the evening (she lived in the wall) and going around his house where he had placed food and water. She did great. We released the last 2 remaining babies into the wild. They would be OK as they weren’t tamed.

    3. That’s interesting. They are all over up here, including major cities like Newark and Elizabeth. They seem to be very adaptable to urban living. Bob’s house was in a suburb, not a city however.

    4. They definitely do not inhabit the desert southwest, but as close as I could tell from that map, they didn’t inhabit Minnesota, at least when I lived there, and I couldn’t tell if they inhabited the Denver area, but I never saw any there and don’t recall ever hearing of any.

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