• SpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    22 days ago

    Opossums used to scare me a bit as a kid. Like, the first thing I’d see when turning on the outdoor lights would be this giant white rat-creature clinging to the side of a tree.

    Naturally I warmed up to them when I grew up.

  • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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    21 days ago

    My indoor cat escaped one time(he’s fine) so I set food out and aimed a cheap ip camera at it hoping to see him. One night I saw something on it, and when I got out there I had cornered an opossum. It was frozen completely still with it teeth bared and froth in its mouth. It was pretty freaky looking.

      • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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        21 days ago

        It might have hissed before I got outside, but I didn’t hear it. It tried to run away from the direction I was coming from and got stuck in the corner between a fence and my garage.

        I used to think that move was a silly adaptation until I saw it in person. I think opossums are absolute cuties, but this one was pretty freaky looking, I get why it works now.