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[+] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

They look pretty scraggly when they get older and will dig up your lawn... To eat ticks, slugs, and other actual pests. Idgaf about the holes in my lawn, the indigenous outdoor cat can stay.

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Old and scraggly 'possum meow-petted

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

cat-trans

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

MISTER BABY

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love them. 🥹 They're like cat-rats, two of my favorite animals combined.

They can get into your garbage. I think that's the only reason people consider them pests. They're not as as clever, determined, nor aggressive as raccoons though. If you feed a Raccoon, it will spread the word around town, and within a month you'll be like that lady who called 911 because 100 raccoons were stalking her. I've never seen more than a couple opossums together at the same time.

[-] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Cutest little friendly gremlin-animals. Reminder as always, they can't (almost/effectively never) get rabies, they love eating ticks, and they are North America's only marsupial cat-trans

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

I love how the kids ride around on mom's back like she's a city bus.

[-] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Agreed, and since they're marsupials some might even be in the pouch!

[-] the_itsb@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

😍 can we keep them??

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I call the big one Bitey

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Opossums just stare at you with their mouth open and hiss, from what I've seen. possum-mama

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Don't mind me, just making a Simpsons reference

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

blob-no-thoughts

[-] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

possums are so cute and chill. They are literally the only wild animal I can walk up to and pet. Though I don't do it too often, because I am not sure how comfortable/scared the possum is in that situation.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

screm-pretty

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[+] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

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[-] jimmyjohnsandwichsix@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I love them so much. There used to be an Opossum that lived in my backyard, I loved that little guy so much, he would sometimes get into the back of my house and chill out in the bathroom lmao.

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

He probably wanted a place to smoke a cigarette. They are remarkably chill for a wild animal.

[+] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

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[-] jimmyjohnsandwichsix@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I love them so much. There used to be an Opossum that lived in my backyard, I loved that little guy so much, he would sometimes get into the back of my house and chill out in the bathroom lmao.

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