Playing Possum - Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNow we all know what has made the Opossum famous, right?\u00a0 Well we should since they are responsible for the common phrase, “playing possum”.\u00a0 Of course when one of these marsupials are threatened by a hungry predator, they will play dead.\u00a0 Normally, they will remain still and either have their eyes closed or will be staring blankly into space.\u00a0 To make sure they look dead they will often let their tongue hang out.\u00a0 In fact they are so good at playing dead that you would think they take acting lessons while hanging out in the pouch.<\/p>\n
Opossum Fast Fact – <\/strong>When they aren’t in a pouch or playing dead the Opossum loves to climb trees.\u00a0 Their incredibly sharp claws and their long prehensile tail allows them to be quite effective climbers.\u00a0 This is probably a good thing since they spend the majority of their time in the tree tops.<\/p>\nSo it looks like we are at the end of another Wild Fact.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed it and I will see all of you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So it looks like we are at the starting line of another exciting week.\u00a0 I trust all of you were able to enjoy the sunshine and beautiful springtime weather (assuming it is spring where you are).\u00a0 I thought we would start the week off with North America’s only marsupial.\u00a0 Of course I am talking about the Opossum.\u00a0 I know! I thought we had already learned about this clever little animal too, however, I can’t seem to find any Wild Fact on them so we will explore this marsupials life today.\u00a0 Now while in North America we are all familiar with <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1772,1773,4025,1774,544,546],"yoast_head":"\n
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