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Laughed out loud at this one!🤣 👏🤣 When I lived in LA, my dog Leroy brought a possum inside the house and presented it to me like a gift on my bed.😬 I put on oven mitts and carried it outside to the backyard and placed it gently on a quilt. In the AM possum lady was gone, but my dog was still irritated with me for not appreciating his 🎁.

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Aren’t opossums the reason we have snake venom? If yes, I love them for that.

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my favorite unchecked possum fact is that on their nightly excursions for food and trouble, they follow basically the same path every single time. (relatable!!) my neighborhood’s possum parkway goes right through my backyard, and I’ve encountered more Shermans (another unchecked fact: they’re all named Sherman) than I can count. There’s also at least one dead Sherman entombed in a junk pile between my and my neighbor’s garage — convenient if you’re a possum, you can visit your dead Sherman friends and family on the way to snacks!

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Love this, and I love Opossums. So ugly they are cute. When my previous chubby English Bulldog passed away I had the whole winter to suffer without a dog. I saw one saunter by one night and ended up putting food out and setting up a camera trying to catch a better glimpse. Besides getting every rabbit in the neighborhood, he finally waddled by (just like my bulldog) snubbing the food I put out. Regardless I fell in love and named him Opie. Here's one of my favorite videos....I believe you are the one that posted it!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm5rFdHDS0m/

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Had to chase a possum away from a poop bag we had forgotten on the porch. Imagine my surprise when I saw it through the window and we both stared at each other for a minute

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I have a video of a raccoon and possum getting into it over a bowl of cat food on my front porch 🫶

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I really hate being that guy who points out that Possums and Opossums are different animals, and Opossums are the ones found in North America, but here we are.

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True facts!

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#3 alone was worth the price of admission. Also when I was like 11 I found a possum giving birth to its brood in our trashcan. I did not complete the task of taking out the garbage.

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At risk of sounding like a blind possum, I think you’re hot

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😂😂😂

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Loved this. So funny just what I needed

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Excellent read.

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