Unlike what most people think, we think opossums are kind of cute. Especially when they're still little! The word opossum comes from algonquian wapathemwa meaning "white dog".
This one stole our hearts immediately. Its not common to see opossums out during the day, but we watched this one scrounge around our yard for several weeks. This is unfortunately a sad tale. We never did see the mother, but found the remains of a sibling one morning; the result, we're guessing, of a bird of prey attack. Sadly, this little one only survived for several weeks more. Mother nature can be hard to bear witness to sometimes.
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