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    OPOSSUM

    Apr 01, 2020 2 minutes
    by Pat Betteley

    What is the name of the animal we know and love in North America, opossum or possum? It is actually an opossum. The first time it was mentioned in the New World was by Captain John Smith in 1608. He based the name on the Algonquin word ‘ which means

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