Opossum Animal Pictures

Didelphis Virginiana

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North American Opossum with winter coat.
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North American Opossum with winter coat.

Young Opossum looking for food
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Young Opossum looking for food

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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in a juniper tree in northeastern Ohio.
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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in a juniper tree in northeastern Ohio.

Opossum Skull - Side View
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Silver Animals - Gray Four-Eyed Opossum
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A gray four-eyed opposum (Philander opossum) sits on a wooden beam under a building's roof in the Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. These silver animals have a spot of white fur above each eye.

opossum in tree with babies on its back
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Opossums clean up waste, bacteria, and ticks from the environment.

An Opossum in a tree.

Opossums Play Dead
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Virginia Opossum at Night stock photo Opossum, Night, Animal, Animal Wildlife, Animals In The Wild A Virginia Opossum on a fence at night

Opossums Play Dead
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A Virginia Opossum on a fence at night. The Virginia (or common) opossum is the only North American marsupial. A marsupial is a mammal that has a pouch where it carries its young.

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Opossums Play Dead - opossum in grass
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Playing dead is an involuntary response on the part of the opossum. The stress of the confrontation facing the opossum causes him to go into shock.

An Opossum walking on new backyard fence. The opossum is the only North American marsupial. Common Opossum walking on new backyard fence

Animals That Play Dead opossum
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Opossums are opportunistic omnivores that eat a wide variety of animal and plant matter.

Craziest Animal Adaptations: Opossum

Craziest Animal Adaptations: Opossum
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Opossums have no control over when they play dead or for how long they do it: The comatose-like state is an involuntary reaction triggered by stress.

Sleepiest Animals – North American Opossum
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Opossums often sleep during the day in an abandoned burrow or hollow tree.

Happiest Animals: Opossum Opossum or Possum Mother with Joeys riding on her Back

A mother opossum carries her five babies on her back a she startles a fallen log in a field of Shasta daisies. The mother and her offspring are grey with white faces and pink snouts.
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Opossum are the Only Known North American Marsupial. They can eat ticks by the thousands.