I'd spend a wish on giving these guys at least 40 year average lifespan. Rarely get rabies, they eat a zillion ticks, aren't pests and make great pets. - Video

Possums are great to have around. Wouldn't keep one as a pet though. I do feed them (my bad, I'm not supposed to do it) like I leave out scraps for crows, racoons, and any of the other more useful critters you have in a rural area. Pay attention to your surroundings, and what goe

had one move in and nest under the stove once. one of my better roommates.

Where I live people don't like them because they look like giant mutated rats with leprosy. Great for the envirovment yes. But holy shit they look horrible

opossums do not eat ticks as a regular part of their diet. A rigorous 2021 study published in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases analyzed the stomach contents of 32 wild opossums and found zero evidence of ticks or tick parts. Researchers concluded that while opossums are good groomer

oh hey, yeah the bag says Cat, but I'm cute enough right?

I feed the little guys in the yard off my front porch each and every evening. Table scraps, stale bread, old fruit, they don't seem to have a preference.

A la grande le puse Cuca

I drive for a music company and it covers many miles. It breaks my heart to see all of the critters and animals getting run over. You fucks will down vote and bash this but I saved a turtle who happened to be near my house as I was going on my route. I picked him up, thankfully t

Captain here: that wish has a lot of ground to cover. Opossums have one of the shortest lifespans for a mammal their size, just 1 to 2 years in the wild and 3 to 4 in captivity. Rattlesnake venom barely slows them down, but time absolutely does.

Baby possums are called joeys.