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Opossum

Didelphi virginiana

Photo by mhufnagl
Published on Project Noah
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HemaShah
Unfortunately too many of these become road kills!! They like to play dead when they see predator and they think of the oncoming vehicle as a predator.

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Chicagoland Urban Wildlife
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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