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[+] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months 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 8 months ago

Old and scraggly 'possum meow-petted

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

cat-trans

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

MISTER BABY

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months 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 20 points 8 months 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 14 points 8 months ago

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

[-] SadArtemis@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

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

[-] the_itsb@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

😍 can we keep them??

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

I call the big one Bitey

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] Cammy@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

Don't mind me, just making a Simpsons reference

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago

blob-no-thoughts

[-] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months 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 6 points 8 months ago

screm-pretty

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

[+] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

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[-] jimmyjohnsandwichsix@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months 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 8 months 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 8 months ago

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[-] jimmyjohnsandwichsix@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months 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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