| 单词 | opossum |
| 例句 | Earthworms are important among the various foods of the raccoon, and are eaten in the spring and fall by opossums. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad to hear that,” said the opossum. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Now your tongue drops dead like an opossum, while your jaw begins to gallop on the spot. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bongo flipped a penny she kept in her collection of treasures, and we arrived at our helper: the smallest baby opossum, Flashlight. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Hello,” I whispered, as if mice and rats and opossums and chipmunks could start up a conversation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It might have been a dog, or a raccoon, or an opossum, or a skunk, or a porcupine, or it might have been something more dangerous. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you done any acting?” said the opossum. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Seven opossums, four raccoons, five owls, and six skunks had waddled, scooted, dashed, and fluttered from their various homes, just to see me off. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Mommy’s so proud of her little bitty opossum!” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Dead rabbits, muskrats, opossums, and fish were also found in numbers, and one of the local schools made the collection of insecticide-poisoned birds a science project. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This food was an invitation to the squirrels, foxes, raccoons, opossums, even the birds that lived around me to come have a party. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This is how opossums must feel, the ones that make it across the road. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Every year, the opossums and owls and such vacate the premises on Wishing Day. Strangest thing. It’s like they know what’s coming.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z HairySpiders, the mother opossum, peeked out cautiously from her own hollow. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “The Cajun opossum with wild rice is superb.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Roz’s computer brain quickly retrieved any information it had on opossums. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She went straight to the opossum hollow, where she proceeded to scold Flash as she snuggled him close. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If the opossum could pretend to be dead, the robot could pretend to be alive. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But such rabbits or raccoons or opossums as may have roamed those bottomlands and perhaps never visited the farmers’ cornfields were doomed by a judge and jury who neither knew of their existence nor cared. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Flash remained frozen in a little opossum ball. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I used the red ribbon from the chocolate box to grab the opossum’s droopy tail and dropped him in. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In Hardin County, Texas, for example, opossums, armadillos, and an abundant raccoon population virtually disappeared after the chemical was laid down. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Stephen and his mother eventually gave up trying to find the mysterious baby opossum. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her real snores are so loud they scare the baby opossums. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Currently, I am home to owl nestlings, baby opossums, and tiny raccoons. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Ma, what’s the horrible noise?” came the startled voice of a baby opossum. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Every one of them—small mice and big rats and the opossum. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On a typical night, Bertram kept his thoughts close until his third drink, when the whiskey unstoppered him and he rambled animatedly about Massachusetts blizzards, medical-school hazing rituals, or the relative intelligence of Virginia opossum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It might be rabid. Or it could just be playing dead. I read that opossums will do that.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s true, death scenes are my specialty,” said the opossum. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Prices were cheap: fifteen cents for a large opossum hide, twenty-five for a good skunk hide. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’ve hosted more than my share of raccoons, foxes, skunks, opossums, and mice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All he found was a line of opossum tracks in the sand. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The next chapter of Ms. Ward and Mr. Rupp’s romance was spurred not by a horse, but an opossum. Bling Bling Had the Rings, the Pilot Her Heart 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z That night, after he had shoveled away the opossum remains and hosed off the blood, she talked with him about her parents, the story that anyone might know if they simply Googled their names. Bling Bling Had the Rings, the Pilot Her Heart 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z He also keeps a live opossum in his office, but I’m getting ahead of myself. Review | Jonathan Lethem is back on the detective beat looking for America’s troubled soul 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z People still hunt opossums, the only marsupial native to America, and only a century ago the critters were considered dining-room delicacies, even in the White House. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Almost all were crowned with felt opossum ears glued to glitter headbands by the Burguieres sisters. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z "That way I have no attractive nuisance that would bring raccoons, foxes, opossum, bear, rats on to the farm." Gardeners share their tips and tricks for composting at home 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “The crewmembers informed the customer that the opossum would not be able to travel on the flight and worked to assist the customer with his options.” JetBlue passenger's pet opossum gets him kicked off flight: 'Frustrating beyond belief' 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Cleaning scenes have become a staple of the genre, as skaters spend hours draining fetid water, shoveling out debris and extracting the occasional bullfrog or opossum. Tristan Patterson Directs Pool-Skating Film, ?Dragonslayer? 2011-10-22T02:53:02Z After the opossum was placed in an incubator as part of its rehabilitation, the center posted about the months-old creature on its Facebook page. Rare hairless opossum dropped at wildlife center gets ‘winter wardrobe’ of sweaters to survive the cold 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z They were considering getting matching opossum tattoos afterward. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Mary Ward, 24, appreciates the opossum’s underdog status. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z And Benjamin Harrison once received two opossums from supporters in Maryland, naming them Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection in homage to two of his party’s political platforms. Willow Biden joins long and varied line of White House pets 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z In my neck of the woods, that’s raccoons, coyotes, opossums, fishers, hawks and foxes. Perspective | 7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Mine was called Zariqüeya, or opossum, exemplified by a painting of one and her babies dangling from a tree branch. In Southwest Colombia, Treasures Are Forbidden No More 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The opossum will appear from her home in Leipzig, Germany, on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" late night comedy and chat show on channel ABC, which also broadcasts the Oscars. German cross-eyed opossum to predict Oscars on TV 2011-02-11T18:52:50Z He’s a quiet, handsome, lupine fellow who keeps an opossum — it doesn’t matter why — in his desk drawer. The Wheels Come Off an American Journey in Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Feral Detective’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Reanimated animals inhabit every corner: an opossum made by her perky assistant, Paloma Strong; a mountain lion being prepped for a nature center; and many species of birds. She left her social media job to take up taxidermy. Now her work is on TV. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “That poor creature is cleaner than some people. I hope it’s ok,” another wrote, concerned about the opossum. Applebee's customer shocked to find opossum crawling under bar: 'I paid my bill of $36 and left' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s not Dior, by the way, but it nonetheless effortlessly evokes a certain postwar femme fatale glamour, which is duly undermined by the opossum in line three. Review: In ‘The Dressmaker,’ a Femme Fatale Wants Vengeance 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Know Your Meme has an entire page dedicated to opossum subculture. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z She suspects opossums and their vermin brethren are headed in the same direction, toward mass appeal. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Michelle babbles endlessly, entertainingly, almost nervously about opossums and muffins and towns called Oxnard and never has to articulate what she is doing with her life. “Bunheads” Adorable Nihilism 2012-07-17T14:22:00Z The guest of honor, a Virginia opossum named Starfish, sat curled atop a pink fleece bomber jacket, spitting out chewed-up almond detritus. The Cutest Animal on Instagram Is Possibly in Your Trash Can 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Motion-activated sprinklers may deter the opossums and raccoons, but the rats and mice are too small to set them off. How to keep your figs safe from rodents 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z “Unlike gut piles, which are often peppered with bullet fragments, car-killed opossums and squirrels come lead-free, Whole Foods for the necrophagous set.” How our roads have become an invasive species 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Prior to this finding, only a piece of a mandible and few additional remains had been found for this species related to living marsupials such as kangaroos, koalas, or opossums. Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z During the Cretaceous period 125 million years ago, a ravenous Repenomamus, an ancient mammal the size of an opossum, pounced on an unsuspecting Psittacosaurus—an herbivorous dinosaur more than three times its size. Mammals Preyed on Much Larger Dinosaurs, a Stunning New Fossil Reveals 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The North American opossum is the only marsupial found north of Mexico, in North America. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Marsupials are found primarily in Australia and nearby islands, although about 100 species of opossums and a few species of two other families are found in the Americas. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The past decade has seen a boom in descriptions of unexpected pollinators, including lizards, opossums, brown rats and cockroaches. This Frog May Be the First Amphibian Known to Pollinate Flowers 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z While often referred to as “koala bears,” koalas are not bears but are marsupials like kangaroos or opossums. Baby koala is out of the pouch; L.A. Zoo welcomes new joey 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The country has a plan to eliminate its three most pervasive invasive predator species — opossums, rats and weasels — by 2050 to protect native wildlife. Contest for Children to Hunt Feral Cats Is Scrapped in New Zealand 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Employees at Spenard Builders Supply called the shelter when they found the opossum, and a shelter staff member called the state Department of Fish and Game for advice. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z An opossum nicknamed Prairie Dog met a gruesome fate last fall in Key Largo, Fla., when it was squeezed to death and then swallowed whole by a massive, 12-foot-long Burmese python. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z That stench will attract rats, mice, opossums, raccoons and other unwelcome visitors. Your questions about composting meat, homegrown fruit and artificial turf fungus answered 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Other species that have gotten infected around the world include a badger, bobcat, coyote, dolphin, ferret, fisher cat, fox, lynx, opossum, otter, pig, polecat, porpoise, raccoon, raccoon dog and multiple minks and seals. What’s the risk of bird flu outbreak crossing to humans? 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z To hunt pythons, an invasive predator in the Florida Keys, Cove and fellow researchers have been strapping GPS collars to opossums and raccoons. Pythons are snacking on GPS-wearing opossums that give up their locations 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z The major concerns with the opossum’s presence in town, Herreman said, are that it could pass diseases to local wildlife and that it could prey on native birds. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z If so, the raccoons and opossums might have been getting a leg up from human residents putting out garbage and cat food that didn’t appeal to the native rodents. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “This was really crushing to me that we didn’t pull out this giant monster snake that ate this latest opossum,” Cove said. As pythons in Florida try to hide, they face a new enemy: possums with GPS collars 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z And why does that deer look as if it’s about to kick a snarling opossum in the face? Snarl, You’re on Candid Camera 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z He said he bought 30 GPS collars for about $1,000 apiece, then caught opossums and raccoons in the area and bolted a collar around their necks with a leather strap in late April. Pythons are snacking on GPS-wearing opossums that give up their locations 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z According to Rogers, the opossum was caught in one of the traps, but escaped. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Scientists hoped that tracking the opossums and raccoons could determine which was the case. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z “These are big racoons and larger male opossums, so big snakes that are taking these — the largest snakes are big females.” As pythons in Florida try to hide, they face a new enemy: possums with GPS collars 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z But these adaptations take time — and establishing new populations is especially difficult for the pawpaw, whose pollinators, like flies, beetles, opossums, foxes, and raccoons, don't typically travel long distances. Pawpaws, America’s latest fruit craze, are being threatened by climate change 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Fox, raccoon, fisher and opossum circle the tree furtively, scouting out their next meal. Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z After posts on social media by the animal shelter and the Homer Police Department this week, word spread quickly about the opossum, and Homerites became invested in — and heavily divided over — its fate. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z If a collared opossum or raccoon happened to become a beacon pointing to a massive, invasive snake, well, far be it from the researchers to complain. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z In some cases, avian flu viruses have spilled over to other wild animals, such as red foxes, raccoons, skunks, opossums and bobcats. Bird flu has made a comeback, driving up prices for holiday turkeys 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z I have of late found myself daily encountering raccoons, opossums and skunks on my early morning jaunts around my Manhattan neighborhood. When it comes to raccoons, it's the shy ones you have to watch out for. Here's why 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Let us leave this “treat” to opossums, foxes, squirrels, raccoons and birds. Opinion | Leave the wild fruits to the wild animals 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The opossum has been christened “Grubby” by locals since one of the last places it was spotted was near the Police Department, on Grubstake Avenue, Rogers said. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z She notes that the team has collared only perhaps 2 percent to 5 percent of the island’s total population of raccoons and opossums. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The next night, Mondragon left a dead raccoon on the bench and on July 31 he left a dead opossum, investigators said. Sheriff: Man left dead animals at Parkland massacre memorial 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Let’s call it the opossum strategy: when threatened, freeze as though dead and hope the attacker goes away. Opinion | Pro-life Republicans can win by contrasting their views with opponents’ 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z When reviewing overnight footage from my outdoor home security cameras, I usually see raccoons and opossums scurrying back and forth. Perspective | There’s a prowler on my home security camera. Do I get a dog or a gun? 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z One social media user posted a flyer bearing photos of opossums, emblazoned with the words “Grubby for Mayor!” across the top. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “We didn’t know how many really large snakes that are taking down raccoons and opossums are on the landscape. I also had concerns about whether they would be deterred by the collar.” The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Trump, he writes, “has a way of wearing you down. He invades your habitat, like the opossum that gets into the attic, dies, stinks, and attracts derivative nuisances.” Review | This primal scream over Trump’s enablers provides only a partial catharsis 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z For example, enslaved people did not rely solely on their enslavers for rations, but supplemented their diets with wild meat such as Virginia opossums. How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z There are predators, too, including opossums, snakes, and birds of prey. Two decades after it vanished, the stunning Spix’s macaw returns to its forest home 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Another concern, he said, is that it could be a female opossum carrying young. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Scientists think the python that snagged the opossum must have been about 16 feet long. The Strange Way a 12-Foot-Long Invasive Python Was Caught 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z None of the other animals tested around the farm — two dogs, a cat, raccoons, opossums, striped skunks, rats, groundhogs and rabbits — were infected, but one dog tested positive for antibodies, officials said. The Michigan mink mystery: How did an interspecies outbreak unfold? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z They are known to eat opossums and rats. How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z To reduce this risk, Purchase put metal bands around trees with nest hollows or nest boxes to keep predators like opossums from climbing the trees. Two decades after it vanished, the stunning Spix’s macaw returns to its forest home 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The opossum’s arrival has inspired similar enthusiasm in Homer. WA opossum hitches ride to Alaska, eludes capture, sparks ‘Free Grubby’ campaign 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The trials, we discover, compel an opossum and Amazon river dolphin in kind. David Attenborough’s ‘Trials of Life’: A reference work with the power to transport 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “We ended up in a tiki bar in Nashville talking to the waitress about opossums,” he said. ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s Hunting Empire 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Depending upon the night, you’ll also be treated to live, brilliant performances of Tianyu Arts & Culture’s traditional Chinese folk dances, and meet ambassador animals such as opossums and porcupines. Plan a Seattle holiday staycation this December | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Madison sent sugar maples, Pippin apples, and pecans, but was unable to procure a live opossum. Opinion | Friends in High Places 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Larger vertebrates, like opossums, may emit bad smells to enhance the illusion that they are dead, and thus not tasty. The Power of Playing Dead 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z The chain-smoking, dim-witted character compared Republican lawmakers to opossums, hissing and then playing dead. 'Saturday Night Live' returned to 'Weekend Update' to mock 'wrong-headed' Capitol Riots, Trump's impeachment 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z This waitress had apparently found a baby opossum, fed and raised it and was now posting photos of it on social media. ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s Hunting Empire 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Burying beetles and other things that feed on dead animals — including vultures, opossums and maggots — race each other to track down carcasses. Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring 2021-01-17T05:00:00Z The species joined a short list of mammals known to do this, including opossums and flying squirrels. More Mammals Are Hiding Their Secret Glow 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The family kept the opossum in a pen built for the Coolidge family’s raccoon, Rebecca. When the White House Was Full of Claws, Scales, Stripes and Tails 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, for example, a few researchers uncovered a rainbow of opossums. Platypuses Glow Under Blacklight. We Have No Idea Why. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z There are opossums, raccoons, gray foxes, fawns, eastern ground squirrels and flying squirrels, Stormey Andersen, executive director of the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in Navarre, told the Northwest Florida Daily News. Florida wildlife refuge takes in 120 animals after hurricane 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Even now, the garden at Rikers grows tall, orange Mexican sunflowers surrounded by butterflies on which opossums feed — proof that under captivity, Black people nevertheless come together to nourish ourselves. America’s Monuments, Reimagined for a More Just Future 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The Davis study does not account for the deaths of smaller creatures such as raccoons, opossums, turtles, snakes or songbirds. Pandemic shutdowns saved thousands of animals from becoming roadkill, report suggests 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Longstanding scientific collaborators, who also happen to be married, they routinely catch and examine woodland mammals like squirrels, chipmunks, shrews, opossums and weasels in the Hudson Valley. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The chapters were short, illustrated with falling leaves and pencil drawings of raccoons and blackbirds, opossums and owls. ‘Wishing tree’ lets neighbors express hopes during pandemic 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z With more of us working from home, there are fewer cars on the road, so opossums - and other animals - aren’t getting run over as often on the Lehigh Valley’s highways. Outbreak leads to fewer dead opossums, shower of squirrels 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z He introduced American words, some of them derived from Native American languages: skunk, squash, wigwam, hickory, opossum, lengthy, and presidential, Congress, and caucus, which were not relevant in England’s monarchy.” Incumbency advantages grow in era of weak parties 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Lyme disease, caused by a bacteria, spreads more easily in the eastern United States because fragmented forests have fewer predators, such as foxes and opossums, that eat mice that host Lyme-spreading ticks, studies have found. The next pandemic is already coming, unless humans change how we interact with wildlife, scientists say 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Others thwart parasites with fastidious grooming: An opossum might dispose of more than 5,000 ticks in a single week, while a mouse removes only 50. How Humanity Unleashed a Flood of New Diseases 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Ross, who said the only other time she discharged her weapon while on duty was to shoot an opossum when she was a Georgia patrol officer, suffered puncture wounds on her right arm. “Kill or be killed:” Colorado deputy recounts cougar attack 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z But the opossums don’t appear to work alone. Caught in the act: Opossums pollinate bizarre parasitic plant 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Marsi, the zoo’s resident opossum, wasn’t so sure she wanted to leave her comfy confines for some art therapy. Akron Zoo home to a budding art colony of critters 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z It was updated on Jan. 9, 2020, to correct the year in which Brasstown dropped an opossum for the last time. Group hopes to prevent “opossum dropping” on New Year’s Eve 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Young marsupials including opossums, koalas, and wombats require pouches to grow. Kangaroo pouches, koala mittens: knitters unite to aid animals in Australia fires 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Donna grew up in South Florida, and rabbits, opossums and raccoons were commonplace. Python hunter brings passion to war against invasive species 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The practice involves suspending an opossum in a transparent box on New Year’s Eve and slowly lowering it the ground as people count down to midnight. Group hopes to prevent “opossum dropping” on New Year’s Eve 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The woods provide habitat for a variety of wildlife, including deer, opossums, raccoons, beavers, bats, foxes, coyotes, snakes, bald eagles, hawks and great horned owls, he said. In Lake Ridge, Va., a planned community comes into its leafy glory 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “A moderate is that yellow line in the middle of the road,” Mr. Bryant said, “where the opossums get run over.” Trump Rails Against Impeachment in First Rally Since House Vote 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z There is a grape arbor, as well as a chest-tall patch of native plants thronged with butterflies and bees, visited by the occasional opossum. The Secret Jailhouse Garden of Rikers Island 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Somewhere between the size of a sewer rat and a beaver, with a tail resembling that of an opossum and protruding, nacho cheese-colored teeth, the nutria is both impressively unattractive and highly destructive. Swamp rats have invaded California. A Central Valley Democrat is declaring war 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z That will require a change to state law that allows people to do anything they want to opossums for five days each year. Group hopes to prevent “opossum dropping” on New Year’s Eve 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z “This should be advantage for fish, for herons, for ducks, for hawks, for owls, snakes, raccoons, skunks, opossum,” said Andrews. Frog population explodes in region of Vermont 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z In addition to thousands of felines, the DC Cat Count captured images of coyotes, foxes, squirrels, raccoons, opossums and deer frolicking on the District’s stoops and in its sylvan glades. A $1.5 million project is a year closer to determining where cats live in D.C. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Officially given the indigenous name "Waraira Repano," or "Sierra Grande," the park is home to dozens of birds and other species, such as opossums, bats, squirrels, pumas, foxes, porcupines and deer. Mountain park becomes public bath amid Venezuela crisis 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Right now, Tiny Hooves’ flock includes geese, turkeys, ducks, chickens, emus, goats, cows, a pony, a llama, pigs, rabbits, chinchillas, hedgehogs, parrots and a Brazilian opossum. Central Texas animal rescue group does nursing home therapy 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z A dinner plate-sized tarantula with a big appetite preyed on a young opossum during a recent hunt in the Amazon rainforest — and the horrifying encounter was caught on tape. Huge spider drags opossum across Amazon rainforest floor in haunting footage 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Recently, a opossum caused a stir after it was spotted outside the newspaper’s office building in broad daylight. Perspective | A fox, a mysterious death and the hidden wild side of Washington 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Thanks in part to gradually warming seasons, opossum sightings are now common. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Stuffed foxes, raccoons, opossums and lambs are scattered around Kady Rose’s apartment, sometimes decorated with ornate headpieces and adorned with metals and crystals. Cal Poly Pomona student uses 'rogue taxidermy' to make real stuffed animals 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Who could imagine Tom Brady or Drew Brees snacking on sweetened opossum strips? Squirrel oil, raccoon thighs and tobacco spit: Capt. Andrew Luck is back in the NFL playoffs 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Do you think the opossum’s T-bar would work for the red panda? After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer Harmony Frazier plans her retirement, and preps her replacements 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z She turned her wooded property into a refuge for injured wildlife: squirrels, raccoons, an opossum, hawks and even hummingbirds. Sitting in the embers, Californians wonder: can Paradise be rebuilt? 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z But the advance of opossums into suburban North Country neighborhoods doesn’t translate into a slam-dunk defeat of Lyme disease. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Keeping her company were her two labs, some orphaned squirrels and opossums, a blind raccoon, and a crow with a broken foot. ‘I know someone will help us’: After the storm, pleas for help from a wildlife refuge in Florida 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “I have received your sweetened opossum strips and crow cakes.” Squirrel oil, raccoon thighs and tobacco spit: Capt. Andrew Luck is back in the NFL playoffs 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Two raccoons and an opossum were killed Monday, according to the mother, whom the station did not identify. Florida teacher accused of drowning raccoons in class resigns as state agencies investigate 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The other proposal would require animal control workers to kill captured raccoons, opossums or coyotes. Indiana official opposes 2 hunting, trapping proposals 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Conant, a marketing consultant, started the group two years ago after determining that opossums deserve our help and respect. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Trees crashed into the middle of enclosures for hawks, opossums and four baby deer. ‘I know someone will help us’: After the storm, pleas for help from a wildlife refuge in Florida 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z One proposal would create a bobcat hunting season, while the other would require animal control workers to kill captured raccoons, opossums or coyotes. Indiana official opposes 2 hunting, trapping proposals 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z They all have different personalities, even with opossums, I know which ones are crankier than others. How Animal Rescues Like Justin Beaver Help Their Species 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z All 26 of the dog specimens she analysed had 13C values double those found in the deer, the peccaries, the tapirs and the opossum. Dogs and cats may have been involved in Maya rituals 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Her organization doesn’t gloss over the problems presented by opossums. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z He said he most frequently catches female raccoons and opossums with their babies. Indiana agency to require some animals euthanized if caught 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z For some animals, such as deer or opossums, the freeze response immobilizes them so a motion-sensitive predator will not see them or will lose interest. Why didn't the officer rush into Florida's Parkland school mass shooting? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Then we have a few other educational animals at the center: two opossums, a flying squirrel, a raccoon, and a groundhog. How Animal Rescues Like Justin Beaver Help Their Species 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Early opossum embryos develop for about 12 days, enclosed as shelled eggs in the womb. The key to a successful pregnancy: a tamed immune reaction 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Carrie Storm of Brattleboro says her backyard opossum, whom she names Momma, needs no such coddling: The animal lives in a nearby architectural cavity that she won’t name for reasons of privacy. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Officials believe an opossum caused the power outage. Large animal, likely opossum, caused massive power outage 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z She added, "as well as raccoons and opossums." Inside the weird, wild world of state-sanctioned Florida python hunting - Golf Digest 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Deer, raccoon and opossum populations dwindled by as much as 99 percent. How pet pythons set off an unlikely chain of events that could make you sick 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The opossum was sent to the zoo’s health center to be checked prior to release, Spurlock said. Bomb squad finds live opossum inside a 'suspicious package' left at L.A. Zoo 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Less wary of human neighbors, opossums are apt to hang around. Hungry opossums could help fight against Lyme disease 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Smaller mammals like white-footed mice and even raccoons and opossums seem to suffer no ill effects from eating the luscious-looking berries. The Vegetarian’s Puffer Fish 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Think opossum, or squirrel, but more ratty, and very, very, rare. Legendary giant rat of Solomon Islands finally sighted 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Think opossum, or squirrel, but more rat, and very, very, rare. The Elusive Giant Coconut-Cracking Rat of the Solomon Islands 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The bomb squad inspected the package and determined it contained an opossum, and gates were opened to the public at 11:30 a.m., she said. Bomb squad finds live opossum inside a 'suspicious package' left at L.A. Zoo 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z It occupies the ecological role filled by similar-size mammals in other rainforests, such as opossums or small monkeys. Giant Tree-Dwelling, Coconut-Eating Rat Species Discovered 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z An officer removed a juvenile opossum from a recycling bin and returned it to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z The potentially fatal disease is transmitted by fleas that are mostly carried by opossums and other backyard animals. Texas sees growing number of typhus cases 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “But you’re not going to see an opossum at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.” Mill Basin, Brooklyn: House-Proud, but Not Too Accessible 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z There are three kinds of mammals: egg-laying monotremes such as the platypus, marsupials like kangaroos and opossums, and the majority—placental, or eutherian, mammals—including humans and about 4400 other mammal species. Digital reconstruction of ancient chromosomes reveals surprises about mammalian evolution 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The state defines “nuisance animals” as raccoons, opossums, coyotes, red foxes and other animals that are encountering people more frequently, and taking up residence and causing damage to homes and other property. Animals often lose in clash with human development 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z An officer found an orphaned baby opossum in a window well of a residence and took it to City Wildlife for rehabilitation. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z With no natural predators, they have flourished on the region’s supersize supply of birds, raccoons and opossums, as well as bobcats, deer and alligators. When the Lab Rat Is a Snake 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z An animal control officer tried to relocate the opossum, which was not happy about moving. Animal Watch: Opossum in trash can makes a clean getaway 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Settlers introduced opossums for the fur trade and weasel-like stoats to control rabbits. New Zealand’s ambitious plan to save birds: Kill every rat 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z An officer responding to a report of an animal giving birth in a warehouse found an opossum with 12 babies in its pouch and released the family to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum from the bowl and took it to City Wildlife for rehabilitation. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum from a trash can in a park and released it. D.C. Animal Watch 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The carcasses of scavengers, like opossums, he’d chop up for bait. Couple’s dog gets caught in steel trap set in Missouri park 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The cameras captured 13 other species, including coati, tayras, armadillos, and opossums, stopping by the latrines a total of 305 times. Ocelot bathrooms are a meeting place for several Central American mammals 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Enclosed foothold traps act similar to a mouse trap with a steel bar in a baited, two-inch-wide cylinder snapping down on a raccoon or opossums’ paw. Raccoon trap debate may soon head to state’s highest court 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z An officer captured two juvenile opossums from a home under renovation and released them outdoors. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Consider the fastidious opossum, which, because it grooms obsessively and is expert at removing ticks, functions as a tick death trap. A Natural Cure for Lyme Disease 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z There are certain groups of animals that have become immune, however, like honey badgers, mongooses, and opossums. Venomous Animals Kill in Horrible Ways—And Also Cure The Enquirer had apparently done up an ashen-faced photo of Clinton to make her look like a ghostly opossum. Getting Hillary Clinton to Talk About Her Health 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z As marsupials, akin to wombats and North American opossums, they raise their young in pouches. In study of Tasmanian devils with bizarre cancer, WSU scientists find reason for hope 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z On a laptop mounted near the stereo, he fills his queue with the dead opossum assignment and a few others, and he drives off. Animal control officer sees dogs, roadkill in day’s work 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z More opossums in the ecosystem might mean fewer ticks, reducing the chance of getting bitten by one that carries Lyme. A Natural Cure for Lyme Disease 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The other way, exemplified by the opossum, is to create blood proteins that bind venom. Venomous Animals Kill in Horrible Ways—And Also Cure An animal-control officer found a healthy opossum mother with her babies attached to her. Animal Watch: Staying together 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z New Zealand plans to eliminate invasive predators by 2050, wiping out opossums, rats and weasels that threaten the survival of native species, the government announced on Monday. New Zealand Vows to Wipe Out Rats and Other Invasive Predators by 2050 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Mitchell used a bow and traps he made himself to catch animals such as raccoons and opossums. Students explore personal interests in their final projects 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z They found that 99 percent of raccoons, 98 percent of opossums and about 88 percent of bobcats were gone. Aggressive, man-eating Nile crocodiles lived in the Everglades for years 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Several days later, the resident found a second baby opossum in the toilet, DeSousa said. Tiny opossums rescued from toilet recovering 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Animal control received a call about a dead opossum with seven babies still alive. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The society is investigating an incident in which an opossum was probably beaten to death. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum from a window well and released it to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Officers are investigating the case of an opossum that was left in a trap for a long period during extreme weather. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The Riverside County Animal Services is looking for the person who shot a male opossum in the head and body with arrows and left it for dead in a La Sierra neighborhood. Opossum survives arrow to body and head in Riverside 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z A wildlife specialist captured the baby opossums and took them to City Wildlife for rehabilitation. D.C. Animal Watch 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z A 2015 law excludes the Virginia opossum from wildlife protections between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2. Live Opossum Drop to Resume Its Place in Brasstown New Year’s Celebration 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z By the mid-1980s, he was observing opossum behavior in Venezuela as a postdoc when he began to notice how quickly the marsupials aged. Feature: A dog that lives 300 years? Solving the mysteries of aging in our pets 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z That said, two mammals that have undergone the fewest evolutionary shifts are the platypus and the opossum, says Samantha Hopkins, associate professor of geology at the University of Oregon. Which Animals Have Barely Evolved? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The opossum will later be transferred to a rehabilitation facility so it can transition into the wildlife. Opossum survives arrow to body and head in Riverside 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum that was found under a dining room table and released it to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Animal-rights groups, led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said lowering an opossum at a festival with loud bluegrass music, musket fire and fireworks is cruel and potentially lethal. Live Opossum Drop to Resume Its Place in Brasstown New Year’s Celebration 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The Royal Dictionary-Cyclopaedia for Universal Reference, published in 1862, described the koala as "the intermediate link between opossum and kangaroo" — this isn’t true, by the way. The Verge Review of Animals: The koala 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The evolutionary split of opossums from other marsupials occurred about 65 million years ago. Which Animals Have Barely Evolved? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z An officer freed an opossum that was stuck in the window well of a residence and released it to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The society found the mother opossum with babies hanging onto her. Animal Watch: Abandoned juvenile opossums 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Kerr said dropping all protections for opossums for five days would “allow folks to do any number of deplorable things” to opossums. Live Opossum Drop to Resume Its Place in Brasstown New Year’s Celebration 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Mice, like deer, flourish in fragmented woodlands — in part because predators such as foxes and opossums get displaced. The growing global battle against blood-sucking ticks 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z For instance, Hopkins points out that most species of opossum, like North America's Virginia opossum, are "dietary generalists." Which Animals Have Barely Evolved? 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Except for marsupials, such as kangaroos or opossums, that’s the smallest mammal newborn relative to its mother’s size, the zoo says. National Zoo's panda Mei Xiang gives birth to second cub 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The Humane Society received a call about three abandoned opossums. Animal Watch: Abandoned juvenile opossums 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z And last year’s use of opossum stew wasn’t all bad. Live Opossum Drop to Resume Its Place in Brasstown New Year’s Celebration 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Other infrequent visitors include raccoons, muskrats and opossums. The toad by the door 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Parents of the children who died say an infestation of opossums on the ward caused the deaths. Opossum germs 'kill 17 babies in Venezuela hospital' - BBC News 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum that was playing dead and scaring people near a restaurant’s patio seating area. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The department says it’s not known how the animal got to Honolulu but opossums are known to hitchhike in cargo containers. Opossum native to North America captured in Honolulu 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But a state superior court judge recently denied a request for an emergency injunction to stop this year’s live opossum drop. Live Opossum Drop to Resume Its Place in Brasstown New Year’s Celebration 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The couple also has trapped and removed nine critters, including groundhogs, raccoons and opossums. Muscatine couple tackles nearly $350K restoration project 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z One newspaper, El Tiempo, obtained an image of an opossum climbing up a wall inside the unit. Opossum germs 'kill 17 babies in Venezuela hospital' - BBC News 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Later, Woods held up the pelt of an opossum and asked the children what they thought the animal ate. Lafayette camp helps preschoolers prepare for kindergarten 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the group of 13 animals was discovered in a large concrete box housing electrical equipment, much bigger than the typical artificial dens used by scientists studying opossums. Opossums caught acting surprisingly social 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z A bill that would exempt the opossum, a cat-sized marsupial, from state wildlife protections from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 passed the state senate by a wide margin Thursday after earning house approval in April. North Carolina preserves New Years Eve opossum tradition 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z She cares for small mammals including squirrels, rabbits and opossums and calls her rescue Maypop Wildlife Rescue. Pair gives time to caring for abandoned, distressed animals 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Family members killed rabbit and opossum for food. Life together produced more than strikes while bowling 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum that was stuck in a chain link fence. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z An additional observation made on the university campus revealed a group of 13 opossums from three separate age groups all sharing a single den. Opossums caught acting surprisingly social 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The captured opossum is lowered at midnight in a tinsel-covered box. Bill exempts NC opossum rules statewide at New Year’s 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Unlike grassland small mammals that recover from fire within a year, the climbing opossums were devastated. Tiny Opossum Could Be Farmers' Friend 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Komives decided to try and develop a more inexpensive method for producing the natural opossum product and applied for a Fulbright scholarship. Opossum Compounds Isolated to Help Make Antivenom 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Well, opossums are, and scientists are studying the mammals with an eye to creating a new and better venom antidote. Opossums May Come to Humans' Rescue for Snake Anti-Venom 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z An officer found an injured opossum under a parked vehicle and took it to City Wildlife. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z An officer captured a disoriented opossum in a fenced-in parking lot and released it to the wild. D.C. Animal Watch 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The researchers found remains of these insects in more than 50 percent of the opossum scat samples that they examined, according to their study published in the journal Acta Theriologica. Tiny Opossum Could Be Farmers' Friend 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z It was widely ignored until 2012, when online news outlets stumbled on the opossum protein thanks to a blogger writing about the remarkable survival ability of opossums. Opossum Compounds Isolated to Help Make Antivenom 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The author of that report wrote that the descendents would tell him, “Plenty catch kangaroo and plenty catch opossum there.” Ancient Sea Rise Tale Told Accurately for 10,000 Years 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z He will never forget the shock of those opossum eyes staring right at him last summer. New A’s infielder Zobrist knows quirks of new home ballpark 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The Possum Drop typically involves caging an opossum in a tinsel-covered plastic box and lowering it to the ground at midnight. North Carolina ‘Possum Drop’ to skip using live opossum over PETA demands 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z He and Mendonça are now planning more focused studies to determine how well the mouse opossums control the insect pests. Tiny Opossum Could Be Farmers' Friend 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Objects range from a watermelon to walleye to a live opossum. Cities model New Year's events after Times Square 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z In a letter to a North Carolina judge, Logan promised not to put a live opossum in the plexiglass box he lowers from a light pole every New Year’s Eve outside his store. Possum Drop is on for New Year's Eve - without a live opossum 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Logan's opossums probably die shortly after being released, according to Kerr. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z And then I saw an old and obese opossum crawl out of one of the ditches. Remembering the South in the City 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z A reason why: these researchers just recently learned that this little opossum species likes to feast on a local soybean pest. Tiny Opossum Could Be Farmers' Friend 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Animal characters figure into much of his writing, such as an opossum whose penchant for frenetic motion draws admonishment from his stolid mother. Artist’s work combats condition affecting brain 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The Annual Clay’s Corner Possum Drop is still on for New Year’s Eve in Brasstown, N.C. – but without an actual living, breathing opossum. Possum Drop is on for New Year's Eve - without a live opossum 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Logan says he releases the opossums — he names each one O.P., for Old Possum — back into the wild after every Possum Drop. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z An officer removed an opossum that was stuck under the hood of a car and released it. D.C. Animal Watch They are not speeding cars that can’t slow down in time, or rabid opossums or rock slides. Stephen A. Smith’s suspension, Women Against Feminism, and blame Other animals that may appear are raccoons, foxes and opossums. Cameras will help study snakes, other creatures 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Logan said the opossums are released unharmed after each Possum Drop. Possum Drop is on for New Year's Eve - without a live opossum 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Back inside Clay's Corner, Logan is on the phone with a customer from Virginia who wants to order Logan's canned opossum. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “The opossum strategy,” he said, pointing his finger in the air. How the United Nations Watches the World Cup 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The state House agreed in voice votes Tuesday for a bill excluding opossums from state wildlife laws for a week annually around the new year in Clay County, where the Possum Drop celebration is held. Opossum exemption for event OK’d by NC House 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The chestnut colt didn’t flinch when he passed the cat-sized opossum as he completed his 1 ¾-mile run Friday. California Chrome unfazed by opossum encounter 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z EPM affects the central nervous system in horses and is transmitted through opossum waste, which horses ingest while eating tainted food. Horse deaths may be linked to compounded drugs 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z This month, Superior Court Judge James E. Harden Jr. issued an injunction against the opossum statute, calling it "unconstitutionally vague." It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Last year, Garvin said, the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center took in more than 700 mammals, ranging from mostly birds to small animals such as opossums and woodchucks. Injured owl returned to wild in Virginia 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z It is interesting to note that the drooling, drunken behavior of a bluffing opossum often fools humans into believing it is rabid. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z At midnight it held its 20th New Year's Eve "possum drop" - in which a caged opossum is displayed in a Plexiglas container for spectators. Revelers usher in 2014 with fireworks, festivities 2014-01-01T07:01:14Z Birds, mice, raccoons, opossums and other animals will eat them. What’s the buzz? It’s the Brood II cicadas, a sound and sight to experience this summer. 2013-05-10T14:15:32Z He says he obtained a license last year, but only after a wildlife official inspected and approved the box and a veterinarian pronounced the opossum healthy. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Around the waterholes lurked long-fanged marsupials that shared a common ancestor with opossums but bore a remarkable resemblance to saber-toothed cats. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z The Virginia opossum is more closely related to kangaroos and koalas than to the rats and rodents with which it is frequently compared. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z There are two other kinds, however: the egg-laying monotremes, which include the duck-billed platypus; and the marsupials, which count kangaroos, opossums and wombats among their ranks. Found: Our Most Distant Ancestor -- Humanity's Great-Grand-Rat 2013-02-08T16:35:27Z There, they snack regularly on native wading birds, gators, deer, bobcat, opossums, raccoons and rabbits. Florida Mounts a Hunt for Creatures That Maintain a Very Low Profile 2013-01-23T12:58:41Z Now Logan will need a state wildlife captivity license to lower the opossum. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Many fewer South American mammals became established in North America, and today only three species—the Virginia opossum, the porcupine, and the nine-banded armadillo—still survive there. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Baby opossums are born naked and blind, about the size of honeybees, after a gestation of just under two weeks. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z Like the raccoon and opossum, it is attracted to what Dr. Munshi-South calls "disturbed edges," segments of habitat that are particularly disrupted during events like storms. Green Blog: Where Do the Wild Ones Go? 2012-11-07T19:33:14Z Some non-primates, including opossums and lizards, have prehensile tails that help them climb and safely walk along tree branches. Ever wonder why animals have tails? 2012-10-14T23:18:45Z He's asked whether he's selected this year's Possum Drop opossum. It's PETA vs. the Possum Drop in a New Year's legal struggle 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z New species of night monkey, porcupine and shrew opossum found in Peru New, unnamed species of night monkey. New species of night monkey, porcupine and shrew opossum found in Peru 2012-10-02T15:45:00.247Z If hissing, lunging or baring its teeth does not ward off a problem, an opossum actually faints from stress. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z For example, the elongated fingers of both the aye aye lemur of Madagascar and the striped opossum of Australia evolved so they could probe nooks and crannies for their favourite insect food. Blind fish share common ancestor 2012-08-31T16:20:11Z Germany discovered a cross-eyed opossum called Heidi, who made an appearance on American television earlier this year to predict the Oscar winners. Psychic pig gears up for a winning trot on tipping duties at Euro 2012 2012-05-18T14:02:14Z He hopes to study how the newly arrived coyotes will affect other members of the southeastern ecosystem, including wild turkeys and predators such as raccoons, foxes and opossums. Rise of the coyote: The new top dog 2012-05-16T17:50:28.510Z Foods, and dens of the opossum ..." has been changed to "1953. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z And though their unsanitary services might place opossums on the list of New York’s least loved animals, it is hard to resist their appeal. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z The opossum occurs throughout Tamaulipas but is commonest in the south, especially in the areas of tropical forest and along water courses. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z He gives several details respecting the opossum, that singular animal which almost seems to belong to a different creation. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The marsupial pictured on page 183 is a specimen of an elegant variety of the common opossum, found principally in the neighbourhood of the Bass River, Victoria. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The wildcat glared from the thicket; the raccoon thrust his furry countenance from the hollow tree, and the opossum swung, head downwards, from the overhanging bough. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z It is easy to anthropomorphize, but an opossum wants an approval it will probably never get from us. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z Along the R�o Purificaci�n 36 kilometers north and 10 kilometers west of Victoria an opossum was eaten in a trap by a small carnivore, probably a felid judging from tracks around the trap. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z Who, then, shall say positively that the Yahgan race has not lived through the cataclysms that destroyed the opossum and the monkey and left the ostrich and the camel? The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Mr. Carr describes the agility displayed by the men in such feats as mounting the trees for opossums, &c., and the illustration on page 12 tells the story of one of these hunts. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The entrance to the chamber is generally underneath, or if at the side is protected by an overhanging eave to prevent the intrusion of opossums. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Life is hard for these animals, and a 3-year-old opossum is an old opossum. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z A preliminary study of the North American opossums of the genus Didelphis. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z In the alluvial beds of Patagonia and of Tierra del Fuego are found the petrified remains of the opossum, the kangaroo, and the monkey. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When means have been taken to get rid of a rather rank flavour, just as the taste of the gum-leaves is removed from opossum flesh, the swan is occasionally eaten as game. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Again, in Tasmania, the dances of the women describe their “clamber for the opossum, diving for shell-fish, digging for roots, nursing children and quarrelling with husbands.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It is also wise to seek medical attention for any scratch or bite from an opossum. City Room: Opossums Are Unloved, Yet Hard to Resist 2014-01-24T18:48:00Z I saw many roadkilled and several live opossums when I lived in Washington. "San Diego Demonoid": you mean that dead opossum? 2012-02-08T18:47:45.557Z The opossum is also common, and lives much in the same manner as the racoon. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z So long as a country was not over-populated, opossums, fish and roots were obtained with little labour, and there was no occasion for house-building. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z I suggest we call it “a dead opossum”, because that’s what it is and it’s nothing special. "San Diego Demonoid": you mean that dead opossum? 2012-02-05T19:15:00.270Z Wombat, wom′bat, n. an Australian marsupial mammal of the opossum family. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z There the opossum sat for nine hours, with no heat, food or water, as transit officials waited for animal control workers to respond. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z Hogs and other animals, even the opossum, have been found on low trees, where they had sought protection. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z If he found many opossums, he indulged in a surfeit; if marsupials, lizards, birds and roots were scarce, he pinched for a time. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z These features all immediately screamed “opossum” to me. "San Diego Demonoid": you mean that dead opossum? 2012-02-05T19:15:00.270Z There remains one prevailing mystery regarding this particular opossum: what exactly became of it? In Brooklyn, Suspicious Passenger, With a Tail 2012-01-18T02:44:47Z It was only then that the opossum was removed from the D train and, as a police spokesman put it, “released into an adjoining wooded area.” Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z “Using a captive opossum as the centerpiece of a raucous party is cruel and illegal.” Hold the opossum: PETA wants New Year?s custom in NC town stopped by wildlife officials 2011-12-16T18:05:15Z The snoring sound of the bull-frog, the cry of the flying fox and opossum, mingled with the cooing of wild birds. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z Our infrared camera trap in the forest captured this image of an opossum standing on top of the track plate box. Scientist at Work Blog: Hoping for Mammals, but Getting Mostly Ants 2011-12-01T19:25:18Z For one thing, opossums tend to like trees. In Brooklyn, Suspicious Passenger, With a Tail 2012-01-18T02:44:47Z The police said the opossum had been carried away in a cage, but no subway workers could recall such details. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z Logan disputes the group’s characterization of the event, saying the opossums — it’s generally a different animal from year to year — are treated well, and that despite the name, nothing is “dropped.” Hold the opossum: PETA wants New Year?s custom in NC town stopped by wildlife officials 2011-12-16T18:05:15Z But in private relations he was simplicity and sociability and affectionateness incarnate, and playful as a young opossum. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z We did not get many photos this round, but we were able to get the image at the top of this post of an opossum in the forest. Scientist at Work Blog: Hoping for Mammals, but Getting Mostly Ants 2011-12-01T19:25:18Z The Southern theatres are the dirtiest places that can be imagined; and I recall eating opossum that was served to us with great pride by my waiter. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But first, a few details of the opossum’s unauthorized journey must be recounted. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z Of the several families classed in this order the opossums and the kangaroos are the most familiar. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Otherwise the keep of the playful creatures cost little or nothing, because they were fed mainly upon opossums. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z It would seem as if the opossums camp under the best persimmon trees and take an unfair advantage, because they are nocturnal beasts and have nothing to do but watch and wait. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The opossum, and some sly animals of the feline race skulk through the obscurity of the wood, stealthily prowling for prey. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z The officers locked the opossum inside the train car, which was taken out of service and sent to the rail yards near 205th Street in the Bronx. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z It feeds on vegetables, and has a pouch for its young, like the opossum. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z And the opossum seems in a fair way to become extinct—at any rate, in this state. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z The opossum is the chief competitor of the local negro in harvesting the persimmon crop. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Most pitiful of all was a tiny opossum, with a single young one clinging tightly about her neck, which approached as I was about to leave. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Initial reports had the officers taking the opossum to a Harlem shelter run by New York Animal Care and Control, which routinely handles skunks, raccoons and snakes. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z The opossum when caught often simulates death so admirably that he deceives his captors and ultimately escapes them. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Live-trapping provided much valuable data, although quail, rabbits, opossums, and box turtles were caught with about equal frequency in the traps. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z The centerpiece that decorated the table and proved the great dish of the banquet was an opossum baked whole, hanging by its tail on a stick of wood, which was suspended over the center. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z And small blame to them, for I was an idler who had labored and salvaged a perfectly good opossum and the scion of a mighty mora for naught. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z But city officials said they “triple- and quadruple-checked” and found no mention of an opossum’s being picked up and dropped off. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z "Do you know that I have a young gum tree?" said Lady Dromard amusingly, as though it were a young opossum. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z Brandt reported that Donovan McNabb also had a luxury suite when he was in Philadelphia; a family of opossums currently resides in it. The Fifth Down: Final Week of Preseason: Theater of the Absurd 2011-09-03T16:11:59Z A mother opossum with her little ones is a queer sight. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z My mind instinctively went back to the mother opossum and her young. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The opossum’s rescuers also bestowed a name on the animal: Jerome, after the avenue in the Bronx that runs alongside the rail yard. Life for Opossum After It Rode the D Train 2012-01-20T03:30:42Z The purpose of our study, therefore, was to gain a better understanding of the ecological relationships of the opossum in the particular region represented by the study area. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z There was a wide range of species in the study, from the mouse opossum to the African elephant. Green Blog: Candid Camera for Mammals at Risk 2011-08-19T11:26:33Z After everyone on the plantation has gone to sleep, then the cunning opossum steals from his home in the woods to pay a visit to the hen-house. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z At first I thought I must miss it, for I could not go in to my neck even for an opossum. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Just watch the wilderness appearing on my back porch: skinks, tree frogs, Luna moths, white-tailed deer, rabbits, opossums, racoons, cicadas, endless species of birds…and I am in the middle of the Triangle, NC. City Of Light: Insomniac Urban Animals 2011-08-19T02:15:05.347Z Although we did gain a somewhat better understanding of the opossum's ecology, results are remarkably meager in proportion to the large amount of time expended. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Besides these there are many useful, though commonplace, fur-bearing animals like mink, musquash, skunk, raccoon, opossum, hamster, rabbit, hares and moles, that thrive by depredations upon cultivated land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Among the mammals the curious marsupials, of which our southern opossum is an example, furnish good illustrations of this general truth. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z As I reached for the little creature, the young opossum gave up and slipped into the water, and a ripple showed where a watchful fish had snapped it up. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The red cows of the Brahmana may pair off with the red opossums of the Australian imagination. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Map of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation showing locations where opossums were live-trapped. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Similar remarks are applicable to opossum rugs made in Australia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Comparing the devil genome to that of other marsupials is tricky as it is rather far away on the phylogenic tree from its already-sequenced cousins, the opossum and the wallaby. Sequencing of Tasmanian Devil Genome Suggests New Attack on Contagious Cancer, Clues for Conservation 2011-06-27T22:15:02.260Z By contrast, some opossums the researchers captured would turn up two weeks later at a spot 15 miles away. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z The Leipzig Zoo is already employing this strategy with Heidi the opossum, the star of an exhibit opening on July 1. Knut, the $140 Million Polar Bear 2011-05-26T21:00:03Z Because opossums are nocturnal and rarely seen in the course of their regular activities, the present study is based mainly on information gained by live-trapping them. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Regardless of whether sociality was rampant among other species, it clearly applied to these Bolivian opossums. Ancient Marsupials Played Possum in Packs 2011-05-09T02:15:00.250Z The opossums are of peculiar interest owing to the fact that they are the only representatives of the marsupials now living outside of Australia. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Embryonic opossums spend about 12 days in the mother’s ill-equipped uterus before emerging as so-called joeys, which are roughly the size of rice grains. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z The opossum still distinctly preserves the ancient triangle. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Often, attempt was made to follow the released opossum to determine the direction and distance of its homeward travel but this was difficult because of brushy terrain and secretive habits of the animal. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z The composition of the social groups inside the two burrows is very different from that seen in opossums today. Ancient Marsupials Played Possum in Packs 2011-05-09T02:15:00.250Z The marsupials, found nowhere else in the world to-day except in Australia and America, are represented by the opossum, of which two species are common in the United States. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z A few weeks later, we were saddened to see, in the middle of our driveway, the corpse of the mother opossum. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z In the native diet were included "snakes, lizards, grubs and worms," besides the opossum, wombat, kangaroo, birds and fishes, roots, seeds and fruits, but not human flesh, at least normally. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z An opossum being followed would almost invariably take refuge in a tree if it caught sight of the observer. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z I was puzzled; it could not be an opossum. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Besides rats, the trap is well adapted to capture larger animals, as minks, raccoons, opossums, and cats. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z Alerted by the cries, the mother opossum quickly nosed in from the side. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z The small plot of ground about the house became a zoölogical garden, with its tank for turtles and an alligator, its cage for eagles, a tame bear, and a family of opossums. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Carcasses of opossums which had fallen victim to predators were found on a few occasions and in some instances clues as to the identity of the predator were obtained. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z It was not an opossum, then, but a young dog. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Tapirs are to be found in the eastern forests, the peccary in more open woodlands, and the opossum in nearly every part of the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z For another, new evidence suggests that the opossum is more deeply marsupial than such poster pouch-bearers as koalas, wallabies and kangaroos. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z Tuesday January 11 2011 14:28 GMT Cross-eyed opossum is a web hit! ANIMAL MAGIC: Cross-eyed opossum is web hit! 2011-01-11T14:28:57Z Some of the opossums that were marked while in the mother's pouch were subsequently recaptured when they were well-grown, independent young, or adults, affording information on growth and dispersal. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Perhaps an opossum, thought I. It was of whitish colour, as these creatures are; but in the distance I could not distinguish between an opossum and a puppy. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z "As animals that are active at night, opossums find their way around using their noses." Cross-eyed opossum becomes internet star 2011-01-10T18:07:36Z “Every time I see an opossum I get moved,” said Inés Horovitz, of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z In addition, their data puts the gray, short-tailed South American opossum on the earliest branch of the marsupial tree. Genetics Redraws Marsupial Family Tree 2010-07-29T14:52:00Z These rock ledges, well distributed throughout the area, provide an abundance of den sites and most of the opossums definitely trailed to a home base were found to be utilizing dens in the rock ledges. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z I remembered how fond the negroes are of the flesh of the opossum, and Yellow Jake was no exception to the rule. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Having failed to obtain a grant, Dr. Patz borrowed funds from his family and demonstrated that oxygen could cause blindness in opossums, rats and kittens. Doctor Solved Mystery of Preemies' Blindness 2010-03-16T00:32:00Z We found them in a corner of our garage: a half-dozen baby opossums, peeping like birds, squirming over one another and scratching the wall. Basics: A Fast Life and Success That Starts in the Pouch 2011-06-13T23:34:26Z "It wasn't until the die-off of the large dinosaurs 65 million years ago that mammals made a comeback and started occupying body sizes larger than an opossum." 2010-01-17T15:02:00Z As compared with wooded bottomland of larger stream courses in Douglas County and those counties adjoining it, the Reservation area probably supports a relatively low population density of opossums. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Two of these contained game — a skunk and opossum. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The walk of the opossum is similar to that of the skunk, but the trail is broader, the footprints more spreading and the toes turned outward. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The fur bearers here are fox, mink, skunk, opossum, raccoon and rats, and none of them plentiful, writes a Tennessee trapper. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The rodents are represented by the beaver, the porcupine, and squirrels of several species; the marsupials by the opossum. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Every part of the Reservation is used by opossums, but their activity is concentrated in the woodland, and all dens found were in woodland. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z This trap will take small game such as mink, opossum, skunk, etc., or can be made large and strong enough to catch mountain lion or black bear. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps It is also used for mink, skunk, opossum and marten. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture This deadfall may work well on mink, skunk and opossum, but I hardly think it a good trap for other animals and it requires too much time to construct it. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The 119 Tasmanian savages were crafty warriors and kangaroo-hunters, and the women climbed the highest trees by notching, in quest of opossums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Most of the opossums' foraging in fields was concentrated along the edge; otherwise they tended to follow creeks and gullies and they follow well worn trails more often than they do in the woods. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z A quarter of a century ago, opossum, muskrat, skunk, and fox were more numerous than now. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps I recommend the flesh of the muskrat, skunk, opossum or house-cat for bait, and it should be allowed to taint by remaining about a week in a glass jar. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture As for fur bearers there are quite a number of opossum. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Raccoon and opossum are compared with many fur-bearing animals as producers of cheap furs. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The areas adjoining the Reservation offer somewhat similar habitat conditions, part woodland, part pasture land and some cultivated fields with corn or other crops which provide food sources for the opossum. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z In trapping we found deadfalls, properly made, set and baited to be an excellent trap for mink, skunk and opossum. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The opossum is the only American member of the family of pouched animals. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture Mr. Lawrence was hard to beat on baking opossum and bread making, but when it came to boiling water without burning it, your humble servant could hold him a close second. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Skunk and opossum seem to be the only animals that can be safely raised on an island without the same precaution taken in fencing and enclosing, as upon the mainland. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Under original conditions the area that is now the Reservation probably was marginal habitat for opossums, consisting mainly of open grassland with trees in small and scattered clumps, if indeed they were present at all. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z The stone deadfall here described is used by trappers wherever flat stones can be found and is a good trap to catch skunk, opossum, mink and other small game in. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Of the American species, naturalists have discovered three varieties, namely the Virginia opossum, the Florida opossum and the Texas opossum, all very similar. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture These trace the opossum to some tree, between the branches of which he hides himself from the view of the hunter. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom All foxes will eat fish with a relish when they can get them and will refuse scarcely anything in the line of flesh, being especially fond of muskrat, skunk and opossum. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Undisturbed opossums were seen in the course of their normal activities on only a few occasions, and behavior is known to us mainly from the sign and from observations made on those that were live-trapped. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z For skunk and opossum a trap a little larger will be required. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The Virginia opossum is the most common and the most widely distributed, being found as far north as Pennsylvania and Ohio and from there westward to Nebraska and southward. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The armadillo, opossum, ferret and skunk are widely distributed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The opossum is a southern animal and is found in abundance in most parts of the Southern States. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The opossum first raised its head and sniffed, listened, and looked about cautiously for a short time, with body and limbs still relaxed in the feigning posture. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Skunk, mink, ermine, weasel and opossum are easily caught in deadfalls. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps In the southwest the Texas opossum is found. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The opossum, also, finds the type of shelter that it requires in abandoned houses that have had the entrances sufficiently enlarged. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana While the opossum is a nocturnal animal, it is sometimes seen in daylight, but this is of rare occurrence. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Upon being released, some opossums scrambled for shelter immediately; others stood their ground defiantly with back arched, hair bristling and fangs bared. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z This makes opossum rather difficult to assort unless turned fur side out. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps In general form the opossum resembles the house rat but is much larger. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture On various occasions opossums or their remains have been found in such old houses, and opossums released from live-traps have been known to seek shelter in abandoned woodrat houses. Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana The opossum is omnivorous, feeding alike on animal and vegetable food, but it prefers flesh to fruit. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Half-mile-square area on Reservation, showing dates and successive sites of capture for two subadult male opossums; one opossum on upper half of map and other opossum on lower half. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z If opossum have been properly skinned and stretched they will, when unprime, show a dark blue spot on the under side at the throat. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The opossum dens in the ground and the abode is usually located under a stump or rock. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The other contemporary genus, called phascolotherium, agrees much more nearly in osteological character and precisely in the number of the teeth with the opossums; and is believed to have been truly marsupial. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology There has been no better or cheaper material found for constructing fences for opossum raising purposes than galvanized wire. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. On the few occasions when opossums were seen at night, their relative alertness and speed of movement contrasted with the sluggishness and seeming stupidity of those observed in daylight. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z He took in the situation and determined to play opossum. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts While the opossum is not a hibernating animal it remains in its den during cold weather. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The racoon and the opossum are everywhere abundant, while the musk-rat, otter, and mink still frequent the rivers and lakes, and a few beavers and buffaloes have not yet been driven from their ancient haunts. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The opossum is not a cold weather animal, and in its wild state would freeze if it inhabited territory much farther north than the northern boundary of the line shown. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Nocturnal tendencies of the opossum were emphasized by the infrequency with which undisturbed individuals were seen in the daytime. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Thus in summer time they find abundance of raccoons, opossums and foxes in the corn fields, and about their plantations: but at other times they must go into the woods for them. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Bait may be fresh or tainted as the opossum is not particular. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture There were stuffed squirrels, opossums, and racoons; and paintings of gorgeous colored birds hung everywhere. The Child's Book of American Biography One party writes to know if skunk, fox, opossum and mink can be successfully raised in the same enclosure. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. In more than a thousand days of field work on the Reservation, opossums were found out on only four occasions. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Here I cannot omit a strange rarity in the female opossum, which I myself have seen. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The opossum makes a wandering, aimless sort of trail, quite broad for an animal of its size and the toes are turned outward in walking. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The women make string for tying, as well as for bags and network, out of human, opossum, and kangaroo hair, from sinew, like the Eskimo, and from vegetable fibre. Oriental Women Skunk and opossum are two animals that do not travel much in extreme cold weather, so that an island in a lake or large river, could be used with no fencing. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Earlier field studies of the opossum have produced somewhat conflicting evidence and conclusions regarding the extent and manner of the opossum's travels. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z He spent a season in the winter camp of the Shawnees, sleeping, wrapped in a buffalo robe, before the great camp-fire, and living upon wild turkey, bear's grease, and opossums. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 The footprints of the average opossum will measure about one and one-fourth inch in diameter--that is, the front foot--the print of the hind foot being from one-fourth to one-half inch larger. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture Deer, badger, mink, hare, opossum, took their ways delicately along the trails, and, all unconsciously to themselves, were instantly noted by Baltook's gleaming eyes. Dusty Star There are, however, islands in the Great Lakes and elsewhere, that can be used for raising both skunk and opossum with little or no cash outlay at the start. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. In general, opossums are unsocial but not intolerant in their behavior. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z The sloth, armadillo, opossum, skunk and a species of fox complete the list of the more common quadrupeds so far as known, though it is certain that a careful biological survey would discover many others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The weasel, mink, marten, fisher, fox, opossum, muskrat, civet, skunk, wild cat should be cased. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture A species of the polecat, and another of the fox, are destructive to the Indian’s poultry; while the opossum, the guana, and salempenta afford him a delicious morsel. Wanderings in South America While the natural home of the opossum is in the section as outlined, there is no reason why they cannot be successfully raised hundreds of miles north of their northern limit. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Occasionally two or more opossums may use the same den, but each goes its own way on its foraging and it seems that no sociability is involved. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z The man had that morning shot an opossum, lean from its Winter fasting. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign For skunk and opossum the boards should be about 6 inches wide at the shoulder and 7 1/4 inches at the base, 28 inches long. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The four-eyed opossum evidently ranges northward along the east face of the Sierra Madre Oriental within the humid division of the Upper Tropical Life-zone. Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico The raccoon and opossum farmer have a double advantage where their "farm" is situated near a city. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. On many occasions opossums were tracked in soft snow or mud which retained footprints. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z "Dat's so! dat ar am a fac'!" cried Cudjo, approaching, and wrapping the warm opossum skin about his naked arm as he spoke. Cudjo's Cave There are two species of the Edentata, Dasypus and Pichiciego, the latter very rare, and one of the opossums. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" A third regulation forbids the use of the more enviable articles of diet, like fish, eggs, the emu, and the choicer sorts of opossum and kangaroo to the Australian youth. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies I saw to-day, suspended from a window, an opossum dressed for cooking, with a card in its mouth, marked “price, $10.” A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Metamorphosing amphibians may provide such a food source along a creek and the supply of crushed insects or other small animals along a road attracts the opossum. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Cudjo looked up, with his hands and knife still in the opossum's flesh. Cudjo's Cave One day I brought home an opossum, with her blind bare little young clinging to the droll little pouch where their mothers keep them. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls I have come down like the opossum, Morris; I have come to compromise.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) We find the same plan in the forefoot of the rat, the elephant, the horse and the opossum. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution More often, an opossum follows no trail in its search for food, but seems to wander at random within its home range. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z He wore a dress of skins, carried a gun in his hand, and had an opossum slung over his shoulder. Cudjo's Cave The first thing to be done is to ascertain that the opossum has really concealed itself somewhere in the tree. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants Only one marsupial is allowed to live out of Australia, and that is the opossum; but, then, the opossum is no fool, and can take care of itself in the outer world. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The evidence for the position and extent of the external adductors of the lower jaw in Thrinaxodon was secured in part from dissections of Didelphis marsupialis, the Virginia opossum. The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles Arrows from circles show courses that were taken by released opossums that were followed; crosses show location of dens to which they were traced. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z After supper the gentlemen went out to hunt opossums by moonlight, and shot two, literally 'up a gum-tree.' The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' As the bite of the opossum is very painful and severe, due care is taken, in laying hold of it, to keep clear of all danger from its teeth. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants Have given up beef, pork, lamb, mutton, veal, chicken, pigs’ feet, bacon, hash, corned beef, venison, bear steak, frogs’ legs, opossum, and fried snails. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective Experiments were made periodically throughout the trapping period to determine which bait was most attractive to cottontails and least attractive to birds, rodents, skunks, raccoons, and opossums. Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas Evidence of the existence and extent of home range was obtained for those opossums that were trapped on several or many occasions. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Rough shouts and loud peals of laughter break from the rough throats of the raccoon and opossum hunters in the wild back-woods. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 The opossum is famous for carrying its young in a pouch in front of the body. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 As it gets older the little opossum or kangaroo emerges from the pouch in the pleasanter part of the day and in the absence of danger. The Meaning of Evolution The boys and Melissa went to the circus, and enjoyed all they saw, and Melissa had a fine opossum stew into the bargain. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Limits of home ranges are not sharply defined and at any time the opossum may extend its range into new areas. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Rats followed the first settlers, then opossums, and fox squirrels still later. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo In the hot weather we keep our doors open at night, and one night a little opossum got in, and in the morning we found it curled up in papa's hat. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The fact is that the opossum has exceedingly small wit, and this little deserts it in an emergency, as a result of which he grows helpless and motionless. The Meaning of Evolution I think you may go, after all, as I owe you something for killing the opossum. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad That such shifts are frequent was indicated by the brief span of records for most of the opossums live-trapped on the Reservation. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z One night lately an opossum thought to make a meal of them, but they defended themselves with such vigor that the robber scampered off just as my father appeared to succor them. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Without any adequate reason whatever, there came before him the vision of an opossum which he once had seen served at a Virginia dinner-table, plump and white, upon a china dish. The Squirrel Inn A little higher in the scale stand the kangaroo and the opossum. The Meaning of Evolution We will set a trap to-day for the next opossum that may come to see us.” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Of the 111 opossums marked and released, 62 were caught only once and 25 others were recaptured only within a period of one or two months. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Wyatt opened a pair of shifty black eyes to consciousness and the light of the lantern and immediately closed them again, playing opossum. Rimrock Trail The squirrels, the opossums, and other arboreal animals have sharp claws, by whose aid they can easily cling to the surface of the bark-covered boughs. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution As for the habit of "playing 'possum" on the part of our opossum, the trick would seem to be particularly inane. The Meaning of Evolution With the exception of an opossum or two, all these marsupiata may be regarded as discoveries made since the time of Buffon; most of them, as I have said, are small. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Many of the opossums trapped were probably at or near the edges of their home ranges which barely overlapped the study area; consequently the chances of recapturing them were poor. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z Racoons, opossums, and skunks are common enough in the forests of Louisiana; but these are regarded as “vermin,” and are not permitted to lead the dogs astray. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt |
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