Meet mama Ada. She'll make you actually like opossums.

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[Wingus Dingus]

1. I love possums. What a kind lady.

[MineralMan]

2. I have always liked opossums.

They are one of the most innocuous of wild creatures. They're also very beneficial, since their favorite food appears to be ticks.

Watching this video gives you some idea of how truly mild in behavior they actually are.

[tblue37]

3. Me Pearl has a bunch of cute & funny possum videos:

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[Ocelot II]

4. I think they're weirdly adorable.

Until about 10-15 years ago we didn't see them around here because it was too cold, but now they're fairly common. There was one on my front porch just the other night eating the cat food I'd put out for the skittish stray I feed. That's OK with me, there's enough for everybody.

[multigraincracker]

5. I love them.

I think they are one few wild animals here that do not carry rabies.

[nolabear]

6. When I did wildlife rehab we loved our possums.

We’d get all kinds of critters from construction sites and babies when mama was killed by a car. They were adorable, pretty easy to raise and release. One volunteer particularly loved them and walked around with them in the thrown back hood of her jacket or hoodie. They loved it, and I think she loved shocking the guests when they popped up.

[Vinca]

7. I love possums. They come around my bird feeder in the winter to collect seeds.

I've never seen the babies, though.

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9. Possums are awesome. When my late husband and I had our house, we had a huge front porch

with a porch swing that had really comfortable cushions that neighborhood cats would take naps on. One morning as I was leaving for work, I saw an unfamiliar tan kitty all curled up on it, sleeping. I said, "Hey, new kitty!" The "kitty" raised his head, looked at me with those beady little eyes, and I saw that needle nose and his little naked rat tail, lol. Then he hissed at me. I was startled at first, but he just curled back up and went back to sleep when he decided I wasn't a threat.

The cool little guy became a regular visitor and he never hissed at me again.

[Vinca]

10. A couple of winters ago my husband went down into the basement because he heard a noise

and he spotted one of the possums on a heating duct. Our house was built in the 1700's and there are nooks and crannies that allow them to find their way in. Fortunately, they find their way back out. After all, we're not a bed and breakfast. LOL.

[RFCalifornia]

8. Possums are awesome. However, you never want one of these playing dead on your doorstep

When they play dead they let out a vile smell that can't really be described

It can't really be cleaned away either

[North Shore Chicago]

11. More folks need to be educated

about our friend, the opossum.

The disdain on people's faces when I share my joy telling stories about this cute marsupial. They eat ticks, their low body temp is resistant to rabies and have a very gentle spirit.

I think the world of them.

[3catwoman3]

12. Some years ago, when we still had a deck, we had a few possums...

...living under it. They would come up on the deck to get the seed that the birds scattered from the feeder.

One had a missing back left foot, and an damaged tail. He/she/it got around fine.