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Virginia Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Notes:

I successfully released all 5 opossums i had rehabilitated

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8 Comments

clarksburg15
clarksburg15 11 years ago

I love the first picture...It's sooo cute:)

TracyL
TracyL 11 years ago

They can carry rabies but usually don't in the past 10 years there have only been 3 known cases of opossums with rabies :)
Which is a really good thing!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

They do not carry rabies,which is the best part.

TracyL
TracyL 11 years ago

lol they are cute, and pretty ugly as they get bigger :) They are great though, they eat rodents :)

clarksburg17
clarksburg17 11 years ago

he so cute and ugle

TracyL
TracyL 11 years ago

Thank you Hannah, I will see if we can take a trip to the Zoo :) maybe in the spring it will be a better time of the year :) Have you ever been to the butterfly museum?

clarksburg3
clarksburg3 11 years ago

hey its Hannah again, like your photo um...i have a question,one day could the nature group go 2 the zoo and see the tigers?!?!?!? I LOVE TIGERS!!!

TracyL
TracyL 11 years ago

I am a wildlife rehabilitator, i had this little girl and 4 others, which i released last week :)

TracyL
Spotted by
TracyL

Vermont, USA

Spotted on Sep 2, 2012
Submitted on Sep 2, 2012

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