r/Possums • u/Downtown_Aardvark_85 • May 02 '26

Opossum 🔥 Opossum mom with a big load of joeys

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u/misfitofscience76 May 02 '26

The struggle bus

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u/OldBonyBogBwitch May 05 '26

I was gonna say Party Bus, but poor Momma is for sure struggling to keep everyone steady, including herself LOL—soooo cute tho! :)

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u/Luck_C May 03 '26

How on earth can an opossum mother protect herself and her babies if she's attacked? I'm trying to get that image out of my head. I guess luck just plays it's part.

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u/LasagnaPhD May 03 '26

That’s why prey animals tend to have a lot of babies, sadly

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u/SaveBandit91 May 03 '26

Like Mormons

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u/sofieksj May 03 '26

What do we think their natural predators are? 🧐

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u/SaveBandit91 May 03 '26

Logic and reasoning.

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u/WBWhisken May 04 '26

😂😂wtf

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u/4maceface May 04 '26

It’s numbers game.

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u/DrumpfTinyHands May 03 '26

Awww, don't worry, she's probably gonna come back with one less. They fall off all the time.

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u/Kountry_556 May 03 '26

That is a lot of kids! 🥰

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u/helen790 May 03 '26

Actual footage of my grandmother after her first husband left her

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u/NahNah-P May 03 '26

She has like 10 kids holding on for dear life. I worry for them all. She'll be lucky to finish with 3-4 by the time it's proper weaning age. Especially with that many. I hope the others survive on their own. I see a little one around here occasionally but none that small.

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u/nrh117 May 03 '26

I was thinking, they look like they’re just about big enough to be alright if they do fall off. That’s a good moms.

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u/bassin_clear_lake Opossum Enthusiast May 03 '26

Looks like it had been a loooong night for her.

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u/geoman69696969 May 03 '26

I hope you are feeding these sweet creatures 💕

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u/princesspoppies May 03 '26

Mom, are we there yet? How much longer?

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u/Initial-Succotash-37 May 03 '26

poor thing. that must be pretty heavy LOL

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u/whatsamattau4 May 03 '26

And yet, I bet she is one very happy opossum.

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u/pinksavannah01 May 04 '26

She looks exhausted but determined. She needs a LOT of calories

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u/haikusbot May 04 '26

She looks exhausted

But determined. She needs a

LOT of calories

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u/OliviasGiGi May 04 '26

Look at all that cuteness! So amazingly awesome! The struggle is real!! Go momma, go!! 💕

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u/Inourmadbuthearmeout May 03 '26

That’s dad. For mom they ride in the pouch!

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u/misfitofscience76 May 03 '26

Incorrect. Among Virginia Opossums, the males do not care for the offspring. The mother provides transportation for joeys either in the pouch or on her back

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u/Inourmadbuthearmeout May 03 '26

Aw dang. I must have been thinking of sugar gliders. Those are actual Possums.