A Cool Guide to raise awareness about OPOSSUM
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Sounds like something an opossum would post. Seriously though, love these critters except when they got into my crawl space.
Apparently the 5,000 ticks thing is a myth. It’s based on observations made when opossums are kennelled covered in ticks. In the wild, studies of stomach contents have shown ticks are not part of their diets.
Possums are not immune to rabies. Any mammal can contract rabies. Their naturally lower body temp makes it less likely, but they are not immune.
Two of these facts are fake. One cool fact I know is they can see Infrared light! I set up a camera in my backyard to catch the little guys eating my bird seed and as soon as the night vision switches on the make a run for it!
They are super cute and important wildlife. But, I had a terrible fright from one when I was a kid after it had managed to get inside a bag of dog food, haha. Another time one had wedged itself into the engine of a friend’s car! They really know how to hide 🙂
Looks like Big Marsupial is spreading propaganda again.
The amount of these I see ran over in the road hurts me.
Just don’t leave your entire Costco chocolate cake out back on your patio because I’ll come by and eat it and then lay on my back panting. You’ll think that I’m dying and need to take me to a vet for care. Chocolate cake is not good for a possum.
How can I ignore the cutest little critter and my country’s only marsupial??? I’ll do my best, I guess, don’t hate me if I give you little kitty noises tho.
Once again:
Opossums CAN contract rabies, especially at a young age or immunocompromised health
They have never been shown to seek ticks, only eating the ones they discover from grooming.
Like rabies, they RARELY contract lyme disease
They do eat insects and dead things, like other vermin.
I’m perfectly fine with you, just stay the fuck out of my garage.
The rabies thing isn’t a given. Even though rare, some have been found with it.
I love those critters, but, they are absolutely not immune to rabies. They don’t catch it often but the annual rabies compendium reports several positive tests every year.
The tick thing was based on just one study. Further studies investigating stomach contents have shown that ticks are not a big part of their diet.
the OP DreamyHon is a bot
Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/nzudu6/opossums_are_our_friends/
Also:
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/ppamj1/opossums_are_our_friends/
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/wr1zhm/i_keep_seeing_opossum_propaganda_so_let_me_set/
It’s such a lie they don’t eat ticks
You killed my chickens. you’re not giving us the full truth on possums. Makes me think a possum wrote this.
One of my favorite wild animals and Americas only marsupial! Sweet little creatures that benefit our environment!
Cool guide to finding out it’s spelled Lyme disease, not “Lime disease”
They eat my mom chicken
“stay off the fkn streets!” Lol
A possum wrote this didn’t it???
I used to live on the edgish of town. We started hearing noises out on the porch in the evenings and found out we would get a possum visitor. Apparently one night he felling our 55 gallon trash can (we had just emptied it so there was nothing in it) and he couldn’t crawl out. He was just curled up sleeping there since there was nothing else he could do. I put the lid on the trash can and put it into my truck. Drove a couple of miles outside of town to an area with trees and a stream and let the little guy go.
They also pee in hay and poison horses but their pr teams usually ignore that point.
I’m going to need someone to come teach my dog this, he does not leave them alone. He’s killed at least three in the last six months.
Wait, they can make a flyer but can’t tell when it’s safe to cross the street? 🤦🏾♂️
And I eat all your chickens one at a time
Stop lying about the tick thing. That was debunked.