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Virginia opossum

Didelphis virginiana

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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Virginia opossum

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Christiane
Please consider adding this to the "Marsupials of the World" mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8445402
annorion
Yeah for such a docile critter they do have unexpectedly scary looking teeth! I know I was scared the first one grinned and hissed at me. The elongated skull definitely looks weird without the fur too. Kind of like a mini saber tooth alien skull ;)
AnnaWhipkey
not that rare CarolSnowWhite, I have 2, maybe 3, spottings of opossum this year, all dead, not "playing possum"
AnnaWhipkey
Thanks for the ID annorion, it does look like opossum skulls in google image. I didn't think an opossum would have such big teeth!
Carol Snow Milne
WOW! I was going to post my skeleton head of a deer, but can't find it at the moment. But it scared me half to death. This would make me faint. Great find! Very good detail.

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