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>> Rabies is extremely rare in opossums and some opossum experts even
question whether it’s even possible for the virus to establish itself in
the body of this mammal enough to transmit rabies at all, according to
the Bi-State Wildlife Hotline, which explained candidly the defensive nature of this marsupialIf they are seen during the day something likely spooked them from their dwelling pretty bad where they had to exit.
@beastmode:
He came on my patio and was eating the stray cat food. I've heard if they come out during day it means they are sick. Thank you for unscaring me!! Lol
@sweetie: A couple of months ago, we let our dogs out in the backyard. One of the dogs quickly sniffed out something different and found a medium sized opossum. He grabbed it in his mouth, gave it a good shake or two, them dropped it. The opossum didn't move so our dog just left it. My wife thought the opossum was dead. I told her to bring the dogs in and give it a while. Sure enough, about 15 minutes later, we looked out and the opossum was gone. It was just "playin' possum".
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