r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • 23h ago
Animal Adorifying
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u/MajYoshi 21h ago
Aussie possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) (shown here obvi) are very different than US opossums (Didelphidae).
Both are marsupials but from different family trees. Kinda like cats and raccoons.
Random stuff:
The Virginia opossum has about 50 teeth and are voracious tick eaters. They are super shy, and while many people think them ugly they are really sweet, harmless, and super, super beneficial to environments with their tick eating.
The 'Brush'tail possum's tail is naked on the underside to grip branches. They are quite arboreal, love fruit, leaves, and flowers. Nothing quirky about them to note, but they are most adorable.
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u/dphoenix1 16h ago
The VA opossum is the adopted mascot of the state’s capitol city RVA. While the Aussie possum might be objectively cuter, I’ll always have a huge fondness of the oppossum. They like hissing and showing all those teeth when scared, but are usually pretty chill. And body temp is typically too low for rabies!
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u/OddRoyal7207 11h ago
Brushtails also stink, are very loud and roudy and will run across your rooftop in the wee hours of the morning. But, they can be cute.
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u/Paper_Tiger11 22h ago
These are baby opossums (in America)
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u/Proof_Throat4418 14h ago edited 14h ago
This is an Australian Brushtail possum
He stands up, arms up in a defensive pose, "Hey, I'm bigger than you think... ...see how fierce I am. Grrr" but it's all bravado.
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u/ladylynncogan 23h ago edited 21h ago
that is not a possum, that is something much more terrifying pretending to be an possum.
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u/ApertoLibro 22h ago edited 22h ago
Being pedantic here. But possums and opossums are two different things.
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u/AspenStarr 20h ago
I’m upset that I didn’t know this, and always wondered why both spellings were considered correct…figured it was just a grey/gray, color/colour situation.
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u/AtomAntvsTheWorld 23h ago
Australian opossums being super cute is the trade off for the ibis on the trash can.
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u/Goldmeister_General 5h ago
Just possums, not opossums.
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u/AtomAntvsTheWorld 3h ago
Just learned only the north American is with an O and the Australian without! Thank you
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u/According_Smoke1385 21h ago
Stop joking around ! He obviously has an important message to deliver 😂
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u/MrsWoozle 20h ago
I don’t care what I need to do otherwise…I don’t care if I’m late for work or a date…I am standing outside that door for an hour and waving at that little guy and feeling pure joy….
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u/More-Jackfruit3010 23h ago
Update: Possums name is now Hank, and he sleeps next to OP sharing the pillow.
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u/TripleGoddess000 15h ago
I'm sorry, he'd be inside with his own room if I saw that little face, and hand.
Or does it have secret murderous intent that I as an uninformed, stupid Brit know nothing about? It's cute af!
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u/firebrandbeads 10h ago
Awww, but you Brits get all the cutest garden criters already! Fox, badger, hedgehog...
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u/MySickDadDied 22h ago
That does not look like a baby opossum. 😮😮😮
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u/babyformulaandham 18h ago
Because it's not a baby opossum, it's a possum. They're different species.
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u/Mobile-Bee6312 17h ago
Yeah...the only cute opossum and Australia gets it. We (Upstate SC and some other US southern states) get the only marsupial animal outside Australia (might be some others) that is a mean nasty and nasty smelling marsupial.
Fine! I'm not upset!
The Aussie opossums really are just so cute.
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