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50 Times People Captured Possums And Opossums Doing Ridiculous And Adorable Things
Hands down, the best thing that happened to the planet Earth is the array of animals it so lovingly carries. Of course, things would be much better if humans wouldn't interfere with their existence – however, sadly, that's an ongoing matter that will continue being a problem for a while. Still, it's safe to say that without animals, our existence would be much duller – as seeing their adorable faces somewhere on our feed can make our whole day or even week better.
Nowadays, it makes folks raise their eyebrows if someone says they don't own a pet, or even worse when they are totally not interested in having one. Dogs and cats have replaced children for many families and have been great companions to those who chose to have kids. Though, when there's no possibility of owning a pet for one reason or another, the internet comes to the rescue and does a great job of satisfying your cute-animal "cravings". Bored Panda decided to gather the most adorable pictures of possums and opossums that will undoubtedly brighten your day.
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#1
Possum Tries To Steal Cat’s Food, And Cat’s Reaction Is Priceless
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Australian Veterinary Clinic Rescues A Rare Golden Possum, People Say They Just Caught A Pikachu
Hot Babushka 4 years ago (edited)
me: do i want to look at 164 pictures of possums? shouldn't i be productive instead? also me: PIKA-POSSUM
#3
The Australian Western Pygmy Possum Is Actually One Of The Largest Pygmy Possums In The World Despite Being No Larger Than A Typical Kiwi Fruit
#4
An Opossum Monching On Some Foods
#5
Rare Pygmy Possums Just Got Rediscovered After Fears That Bushfires Wiped Them Out
#6
Friends Cat Has Adopted A Baby Possum
#7
The Possum That Visits Our Deck Every Evening Brought Along Somebody Special Last Night! Meet Deckster And Backster
#8
So A Family Of Opossums Walked Out In Front Of Me
#9
When Your Possum Demands And Finally Gets A Bed In Your Dresser
#10
A Possum, Skunk, And Raccoon All Having Dinner Together! Apparently, There Was A Fox At One Point As Well! My Colleague's Sister Took This Photo From Her Back Yard
#12
I Met A Woman With A Possum And A Beautifully Sincere Smile
#13
My Step Dad Stumbled Across This Little Guy While Hunting
#14
An Opossum Got Into My Buddy's House And He Snapped A Selfie With It While He Was Carrying It Out
#15
Australian Possum. She Found A Strawberry
#16
Baby Possum Got Into Our House Last Night. This Is How We Found It This Morning
#18
This Little Pygmy-Possum Is Having A Snooze
#19
Little Opie From The Rehab Center I Work At
#20
I See Your Shoulder Cats, Is It Too Late For A Shoulder Baby Opossum?
#21
Possum Trashes Woman’s Office In Australia, Becomes A Meme
#22
Owner Finds A Baby Possum Clinging On To Her Dog’s Back
#23
Mushroom The Possum
#24
Missing My Field Site And All Its Amazing Critters
Connie Hirsch 4 years ago
This has been a meme piicture with a caption like "All Australian animals WANT to kill you..but some of them can't."
#25
This Rescue Opossum My Mom Met At A Nature Center
#26
Volunteering As A Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitator Is Often Hard And Heartbreaking Work. But Having Tiny Babies Fall Asleep In Your Hands Makes It All Worth It
#27
Cute Baby Opossum I Found In My House
#28
These Possums Live In My Window
#29
Golden Brushtail Possum
#30
Clementine, Reminding Everyone That All Animals Love, And Love To Be Loved! (Rescued Virginia Opossum)
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Ready For A Slumber Party
#33
This Is Hank. Hank Lives In My Aunt’s Garage He’s Very Old And Has A Hard Time Walking So She Set Up A Warm Place For Him To Rest And Feeds Him Lots Of Treats
#34
This Possum Being Caught Out
#35
A Local Brisbane Brushtail Possum That Stops By My Window Every Now And Then
#36
My Friends And I Saved A Baby Ring Tail Possum! Here's Her With The Vet
#37
A Rescued Baby Possum Thinks My German Shepherd Is Its Mom
#38
Rescued Baby Opossum
I rescued this baby opossum found in our parking lot yesterday. With the lid of the box closed we could hear her running around but whenever I opened the lid she would play dead. Here she is playing dead with a piece of food in her mouth.
#39
Starry & Daff Moments To Warm Our Hearts
#40
A Racoon, A Opossum And A Stray Cat Enjoying A Peaceful Meal
#41
I Think That He Likes The Legos
#42
Found A Baby Opossum In My Recycling Bin This Morning
#43
An Itsy Bitsy Pygmy Possum
#44
I Had An Opossum Visit My House So I Asked If They Were Friendly Or Not In This Facebook Group I'm In. An Animal Rescue Company Replied With This Photo. His Name Is Bobo
#45
This Heck Of A Thing Hanging From Your Kitchen Window Screen At 2 In The Morning
#46
Enjoying The Music
#47
Bailey, Our Golden Brushtail Possum
#48
Gloria The Possum
Meet Gloria. Gloria was shaking. She was terrified. And her 7, 8, 9(?) babies clung to her back and neck with all their strength. Thing is, as a nocturnal animal, Gloria shouldn’t be out during daylight. The fact that she was out in the open at 6:45AM carrying her entire family on her back means something went terribly wrong. This poor baby and her babies must have lost their safe home, and she was looking for safety... Or help. We called a vet, they recommended we call Malibu wildlife rescue. Malibu recommended we leave Gloria as-is, as long as she didn’t look injured (which she didn’t).
#49
Don't Forget To Brush Your Teeth!
#50
A Rescued Baby Ringtail Possum Warming Up In Front Of A Car Heater
#51
My Friends Cat Adopted A Baby Possum
#52
Correcting The Injustice Of The Lack Of Baby Possums
#53
Pretzel The Possum Snacking On Fruit For The 1st Time
#54
Graduation Day! Releasing My Foster Babies Now They Are Old Enough
#55
Goodnight! Sleep Tight! Don’t Let The Bed Bunny Bite
#56
Opossum Baby Gets A Brushy
#57
What A Pure And Tiny Face
#58
Police Rescue Baby Opossum, Name Him "Stone Cold Steve Opossum"
#59
I Work At A Wildlife Rehabilitation Center And Volunteered To Foster 5 Virginia Opossum Joeys
#60
This Possum And Her Baby Fell Down Our Friends Chimney
#61
Kika My Opossum
She's actually a rescue. We found her mom dead after falling out of a tree during a big storm. And yes dead dead. Punctured from the fall and everything. There were nine babies we took in while we tried to find a rehabilitator. Apparently they all moved away but after calling them they instructed us what to do. Eight died. Kika is all that's left. They had metabolic bone disease. We had received local farm fresh eggs and gave them their first egg. Seven died from salmonella because apparently local farm gave us bad eggs. And by bad I mean the next egg we cracked for breakfast had a fully developed dead baby chicken. I can't trust local farms after that. Zuka was caught by a coyote we think one night. She liked using the cat door. Kika has really bad arthritis so she can't be released. She has zero chance of survival. Opossums don't live all that long so I make it my motto to give her all sorts of foods to try while she has the luxury. Some of her favorites are Greek yogurt, Cheetos, and a few fancy wet cat food entrees I pick up from time to time.
#62
She Is Beauty, She Is Grace. She Will Bite You In The Face
#63
I Have A Baby Opossum Holding On Line 3. Baby Opossum. Line 3
#64
Leave Your Cupboards Open And I Will Come Visit Your Teapot! Cookie Jars Are Ok Too But I Will Eat All The Cookies First
#65
One Of Australia's Not So Scary Animals, The Pygmy Possum
#66
I'm Part Of An Opossum Rescue Group. This Is One Of The Babies
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Blessed Possum
#68
Current Mood... My Sister’s Possum
#69
Georgie The Cute One
#70
Possum Riding A Baby Deer
Susanne Richter 4 years ago
What happens when the main characters wander off the Disney Film lot.
#72
Saved This Adorable Baby Opossum From My Dog. Look At That Face!
#73
My Cousins Adopted A Baby Opossum After His Mom Was Hit By A Car. Meet Gimli!
#74
Señor Chonk Is Back With Frend
#75
Freya
#78
Opossums Get A Lot Of Hate, But They Clear A Lot Of Unwanted Bugs And Parasites From The Ecosystem And Are Generally Helpful Friends
#79
My Sister Rescues Opossums And She Just Sent Me This
#80
Smiling Opossum Is Molly The Cat's Best Friend. They Share Cat Food And Smiles. Here's A Smile For You Too
#82
Here’s A Cute Opossum To Brighten Your Day
#83
The Opossum Is North America's Only Marsupial, They Can Eat 5000 Ticks A Year And Are Almost Immune To Rabies! Their Body Temperature Is Too Low For The Virus To Survive
#84
This Is Courtney Ann, She Helped Our Beautiful Wild Friend When He Got Stuck Under A Car
#86
Enjoying The View
#87
Burrito With Extra Poss
#88
The Cutest
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
Upvote for food choices!! I get why cat/ dog food is used but it's nice seeing natural choices with rescues/ rehabs
#90
The Possum Orb Does Random Stuff When Thrown At Another Entity
#91
There's A Little Guy Taking A Nap In My Hammock Right Now
#92
It's My Cake Day. Here's A Baby Possum
#93
My It Guy
#94
People Need To Know The Cuteness Of A Baby Possum
#95
Truck Looks Like It Has A Possum Logo
#96
I'll Never Be This Cute
#97
Do Not Touch My Burger King
#98
The Circle Of Life
#99
Cought Red Handed
#101
A Summertime Photo To Cheer Everyone Up. She Dens Nearby And Still Visits My Back Yard Regularly, But Not Every Night During The Winter
#102
Every Holiday Tree Starts As A Seedling!
#103
Woman Takes Care Of Orphaned Opossum, And Now It Refuses To Be Released Back Into The Wild
#104
Climbing A Tree To Nap With The Squirrels
#105
Where Are The Snacks!
#106
Goodnight Lovely Friends!
#107
Ever Seen A Baby Opossum?
#108
"Shiver Me Timbers! I'm A Pirate!" - Seymour
Tweetysvoice 4 years ago
Face only a mother could love... And a father. And a child. And a....
#110
Scared Little Guy
#111
Shopping In An Nc Walmart Right Now And This Man Has A Live Possum On His Shoulder
#112
Fern, The Sweetest Opossum
#114
When This Baby Possum Looked At Me Like This
I found him in my yard looking completely lost & not really going anywhere. I try not to interfere with mother nature, but I couldn't just leave him there knowing he would get eaten by someone's dog or something. Following good wildlife advice, I made him a shelter with an upside down cardboard box so he could get out of the sun & safely wait for dark when his mother would hopefully find him. I put a shallow dish of water in the box & made a couple holes big enough for him to get out when he was ready. I'm pretty sure his mother found him shortly after dark.
#115
Found A Baby Possum. Took It To A Wildlife Rehabilitator. She Sent Me This Picture After She Cleaned Him Up
#116
Leadbeater's Possum Was Presumed Extinct By 1960 Simply Because No Live Specimen Had Been Seen For 50 Years. Then, In 1961, A Single Possum Was Rediscovered
#118
Baby Donut Friend Playing The Harp
#122
I Raise And Rehab Baby Opossums! I’ve Been Taking Care Of These Guys Since They Were The Size Of My Thumb And I Released Them In The Fall
#123
I Realize Some People Are Averse To Opossums Because They Can Be Mean And Nasty Creatures, But Take My Word For It, Smeagol Is A Really Cool Dude
#124
A Cool Guy
#126
My Coworker Is A Wildlife Rehabber Specializing In Opossums. This Little Girl Is Getting Her Beauty Rest
#127
Had A Guy Bring A Opossum Into The Pawn Shop Where I Work Today
#128
Took My Girls Out For Some Sun Today
#130
Shop Has A New Mascot
#132
A Friend Of Mine Got A Lobster Costume For Her Possum
#135
The Rough Life Of An Unreleasable At Second Chances Wildlife Center
#136
The Opossum Is Able To Withstand Up To 80 Rattlesnake Or Coral Snake Bites. Thanks To Him, There Is An Antidote To Snake Venom
Viv Justviv 4 years ago
I shudder to imagine how we know how many bites a poor little opossum can take!
#137
My Whole Life I Have Rehabbed And Owned Opossums! This Is Our Newest One, Little Baby! She Is Quite Photogenic
#138
This Is Fred
Fred is an idiot who apparently lives around our house somewhere. Fred woke me up at 5 AM freaked out because he was on the ground, and his mom was on our fence waiting for him to figure out how to climb the wall. We reunited Fred with Momma and his three other siblings (more on that in a sec). They wandered around our yard and we started our day. These photos aren't from 5 AM though, they're from around 3 when I let our dogs out and heard them freak out. Fred spent a little time in both their mouths, but appears generally unharmed. Assuming Momma is still near somewhere, we put him behind our garage with water and an egg cracked into a cup. As of 10 PM, he was still there chirruping for his mom.
#140
I Love My Little Tick Eating Machine
This opossum comes by my backyard frequently. I feed birds in the back and throw fruit and vegetables out for him and some bunnies that come by and have even had baby bunnies in one of my flower pots. I also have baby robins on my front porch, and have all kinds of birds visiting daily and some adorable squirrels too, whose antics can be hilarious.
#141
Hairless Opossum Was Saved In Lubbock From Cold Wilderness, And The People Are Knitting Sweaters For Her
#142
A Cute Possum In Hopes Of Brightening Up Your Day A Lil Bit
#146
Little Miss Jellybean Looks So Cute After A Nap
#149
Caught This Guy Stealing Cat Food
#151
I Had The Opportunity To Meet An Educational Opossum. Their Fur Is Softer Than I Thought It Would Be
#152
Despite All My Rage, I'm Still Just A Possum In A Cage
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 4 years ago
Bullet with butterfly wings! Imma upvote for the adorable raging possum and the Smashing Pumpkins 😍😍
#156
Monday Face
#163
Help Me Choose A Name For This Baby Opossum (Boy)
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
Fact 1: American animals are actually opossums, Didelphimorphia. Australian animals are just possums, Phalangeridae. Captain Cook's botanist, Joseph Banks, thought the Australian animal resembled the American one with which he was familiar, so he just named them possums which was accepted by immigrants and English speakers. They are not technically related to each other at all, except that both (o)possums are marsupials. Fact 2: All possums are adorable, wherever they come from.
KimB 4 years ago
Adorable critters and so very useful by eating all those ticks which carry Lyme disease (they have a natural immunity to Lyme!)
Suzi Q 4 years ago
Yep, they're very important to our ecosystem because of it. Plus they are so cute!!
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago (edited)
Had to share this guy with you - he was a rescue I raised and who was able to be released into the wild. He hung around the neighborhood, got a girlfriend, had babies. His name is Mustard. Everyone knew him and was nice to him, so it was pretty great. American opossums do this "trick" when they want to ward off predators or scare people. They drool spit and snot out of their nose and mouth, and stare holes in you. This makes people and others think they're rabid or sick and most will leave them alone. Or they do it if they're mad at you for not feeding them for the 8th time that day. Like a Drool staring contest. At least once a week someone would call me and say, "your possum in my backyard, I think he's sick!". I'd say no, don't fall for his B.S. .. he thinks he's scary. Just give him a piece of fruit :) 20180429_1...68e25b.jpg 
Jo Choto 4 years ago
Fact 1: American animals are actually opossums, Didelphimorphia. Australian animals are just possums, Phalangeridae. Captain Cook's botanist, Joseph Banks, thought the Australian animal resembled the American one with which he was familiar, so he just named them possums which was accepted by immigrants and English speakers. They are not technically related to each other at all, except that both (o)possums are marsupials. Fact 2: All possums are adorable, wherever they come from.
KimB 4 years ago
Adorable critters and so very useful by eating all those ticks which carry Lyme disease (they have a natural immunity to Lyme!)
Suzi Q 4 years ago
Yep, they're very important to our ecosystem because of it. Plus they are so cute!!
Load More Replies... Rannveig Ess 4 years ago (edited)
Had to share this guy with you - he was a rescue I raised and who was able to be released into the wild. He hung around the neighborhood, got a girlfriend, had babies. His name is Mustard. Everyone knew him and was nice to him, so it was pretty great. American opossums do this "trick" when they want to ward off predators or scare people. They drool spit and snot out of their nose and mouth, and stare holes in you. This makes people and others think they're rabid or sick and most will leave them alone. Or they do it if they're mad at you for not feeding them for the 8th time that day. Like a Drool staring contest. At least once a week someone would call me and say, "your possum in my backyard, I think he's sick!". I'd say no, don't fall for his B.S. .. he thinks he's scary. Just give him a piece of fruit :) 20180429_1...68e25b.jpg
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