COMMON OPOSSUM

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This week we present another one of our regular visitors, Olie the Opossum or more commonly shortened to Possum.

Olie

Opossums are marsupial mammals and as such, are the only representatives of this order of mammals living in this part of the United States. Marsupials nurse their tiny babies in pouches for about two months before they actually make it to the outside world. At birth they way about a tenth of a gram and a litter of 16 could easily fit in a table spoon.

Olie is seen here rumaging in the composter after a few weeks of very cold weather kept him in his hole.

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Cultural Diversity

We have published photos of Rachael and Ollie in the past but this is the first time we managed to get them both in the same picture. There were actually two "Ollies" but one walked off set as I was taking the picture.

Rachael has been coming around begging for almost ten years but Ollies come and go and we lose track of who is who so we just call them all, Ollie.

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