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Opossum Playing Dead #wildlife #opossums #opossumlife | Pawsome animal

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This guy is recovering from minor injuries and is pretty much release size. Moved him to an outdoor pen today, and he demonstrated his "playing dead" skills for me - drool, gaping mouth, glazed eyes, oozing green smelly stuff from the other end, the works! (This guy decided to play dead, but opossums can and will bite - I've handled hundreds of opossums over the years, so I'm comfortable and familiar enough with opossum body language and behavior to do this without gloves, but I don't recommend

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You've likely heard the phrase "playing possum" for playing dead, but have you ever actually seen an opossum playing possum? Opossums use playing dead as a defense mechanism. It's involuntary, and the marsupials can't control when or for how long they actually play possum. Our Natural Resources Director Ben Haberthur shot this video at a southern Kane County forest preserve. | Forest Preserve District of Kane County

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