Virginia opossums likely to be named NH's state marsupial, with a name change
A New Hampshire senator, with help from a fifth grade class, is trying to make the Virginia opossum the Granite State's ...
Seacoastonline.com5 天
Virginia opossums likely to be named NH's state marsupial, with a name change
Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only ...
Nature1 个月
Taming of the Virginia Opossum
The Virginia opossum (Didel-phis virginiana), a marsupial, is native to North America and is often considered to be untamable. There are local instances of young opossums being raised as pets ...
Lake and McHenry County Scanner on MSN4 个月
Lake County police officer saves baby opossum who watched its family get run over by car
The opossum was the sole survivor after his mother and siblings were all run over by a car. Carl saw the baby opossum ...
CBC.ca2 个月
Opossums: These misunderstood marsupials clean up our yards and even help fight Lyme disease
The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...
The Family Handyman on MSN1 年
How Opossums Help Your Yard and Your Health
So I'm always trying to sing the praises of opossums and get people to see them in a new light, like ugly is the new cute." ...
11Alive25 天
Tallapoosa prepares for famed possum drop on New Year's Eve
No joke. Originally named Possum Snout, the northwest Georgia town of Tallapoosa has nurtured a special relationship with the toothy backwoods marsupial. A taxidermied Virginia opossum has been ...