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Didelphis virginiana
Spotted on Feb 12, 2011
Submitted on Nov 9, 2011
8 Comments
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Interesting!
Yeah for such a docile critter they do have unexpectedly scary looking teeth! I know I was scared the first one grinned and hissed at me. The elongated skull definitely looks weird without the fur too. Kind of like a mini saber tooth alien skull ;)
not that rare CarolSnowWhite, I have 2, maybe 3, spottings of opossum this year, all dead, not "playing possum"
Oh, darn! I thought Anna found a rare dinosaur creature! HA!
Thanks for the ID annorion, it does look like opossum skulls in google image. I didn't think an opossum would have such big teeth!
WOW! I was going to post my skeleton head of a deer, but can't find it at the moment. But it scared me half to death. This would make me faint. Great find! Very good detail.
looks like an opossum