Animal behavior in opossums is quite interesting as well. They really do "play 'possum" you know.

baby opossums are usually no bigger than a bee

Cretaceous divergence from a more ancestral South American marsupial line is the likely origin of our North American opossum, Didelphis virginiana.

DespiteMinny's quick exit, Detroit fans must feel like crap the Tigers choked down the stretch

Except Detroit has no one to blame but themselves.

Forget about Detroit. I need to know more about opposums.

Great, its not like anyone else cares about Detroit anyway.

How long is the average possum lifespan?

I imagine it is about as long as it takes one to run under my car tire.

Just avoid them when you're driving to avoid a mess.

Killing them is half of the fun.

Leave them alone. They won't bother you.

How long is the average possum lifespan?

 

Meh, I'm leaving the information below because it is good stuff.

 

Longevity is not a trait of the species, and they are stunningly short-lived compaed to mammals of comparable size. They only live for two or three years, grow and mature rapidly, reproduce and then rapidly enter senescence.

Edited October 28, 200916 yr by FlaSoxxJim

Nice work on the factoids!

Oh, look, I landed on O again.

 

Ahem, cough cough.

 

Opossum.

Pretty sneaky, sis.

Quoting vintage Milton Bradley game advertising would definitely get you bonus cool points if anybody was keeping score.

Edited October 29, 200916 yr by FlaSoxxJim

Really, how I heard it is, you need to feel sorry for people from the Motor City. Detroit is like if God took a dump in a parking lot.

Sorry. They could nuke Detroit, and it would be an improvement.

True story.

Unmistakable.

very true for some areas of Detroit, but 30 miles outside and that is great country living.

Why the best thing about Detroit is leaving it...

xanthemia is excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow-red color

Yummy taste though.