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Virginia Opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Description:

A black and grayish opossum playing possum!

Habitat:

Next to chicken food, probably eating that.

Notes:

Eating chicken food, next to house.

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4 Comments

Hawkkit
Hawkkit 11 years ago

Sadly we found out the next day that it was dead :(

Tina6
Tina6 11 years ago

thats cool! i can't take pics of the opossum at r house

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Playing possum? Or really dead?

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

Scientific name is Didelphis virginiana

Hawkkit
Spotted by
Hawkkit

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 29, 2012

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