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    THE MISUNDERSTOOD MARSUPIAL

    Aug 09, 2019 5 minutes
    By Jo Ann Abell

    My first up-close encounter with an opossum took place years ago, when I went to get feed for our horses one evening. I was used to seeing these hairy, grayish animals flattened on the road, their lives abruptly and unceremoniously ended while out on a nightly prowl, but I was not expecting to see an 18-inchlong freeloader wedged under the feed bin. I walked over for a closer look, which prompted a couple of low hisses, but it didn’t move. The poor animal was probably as surprised to see me as I was to see it. I’d unknowingly put out the opossum welcome mat when I forgot to close the feed room door that morning.

    About the size of a large house cat, the Virginia opossum () is North America’s only marsupial

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