3K views · 110 reactions | This gray fox is not messing around with this opossum! As a self-defense mechanism, opossums will sometimes play dead, but this one was ready to throw down!  Watch until the end… Thank you, Damon Lane from Chittenden County, for sharing this awesome video footage with us 癩 | Protect Our Wildlife Vermont | Facebook

1.4K views · 122 reactions | "under the shed cam" opossum Fun Fact: Opossums CAN'T get rabies, their body temperature is too low for the virus to survive like it does in other mammals, such as raccoons and bats. If you see an opossum in defense mode, such as hissing, drooling, or swaying, don’t assume it’s rabid. These are bluff behaviors used to outsmart potential predators. #undertheshed | Critter Cam | Facebook

28K views · 85 reactions | A toy chicken almost gave the opossum a heart attack  | Sthefanny Oliveira TV | Facebook

Ollie eating his first chicken wing. People have asked about opossum diets. They eat mostly road kill, bugs, snakes, fish, dead birds in the wild (and of course free bird seed). Since they are only in our care for a short time, we do the best we can to provide them the most wholesome diet for their recovery that we can readily buy at the store. We don't feed them dead things found in the yard in case of poisoning, parasites or diseases. We boil all their meats for 30 seconds to kill any potentia

When the possum gets scared! | Evan Era