My grandfather was blind. He was retired on his farm where he fed the barn cats each day. He would pet them as they came up to him. One day he said one of the cats had a strange tail. A tail he never felt on a cat before. We didn't think much of it at the time since it was just a cat with a weird tail. I went out there to feed them days or weeks later. And then I saw it. An opossum waiting for food. He was a friendly guy. Those big teeth scared me. He would follow us around the apple orchard and climb the trees to the very top. Then he just disappeared. I never saw him again. My grandfather has been gone since 2007 and I still picture him in my head after seeing opossum videos like this. I picture him petting that opossum each day thinking it was a cat. And the opossum letting happen. And the look of confusion when he touched his tail. He must have never touched his head because they have large snouts.

When you're hungry and finally came out of your room, suddenly found out your mom brought friends home.

Harry ate with my cats always, wasn't greedy, just respected their space, the sweetest angel in the world.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Possums are the best defense for Lyme disease - they can eat up to 5000 deer ticks off grass per day!

I’ve got a possum in my back yard. I call him Petey.. I feed him and the feral kitties. I peek out there? And he’s all cuddled up with the feral kitties in the bed I made ‘em.

Possum: “ ok, if I just stay quiet and act natural they might think I’m one of them”.

Clearly she knows her designation as "forbidden cat": enough cat to belong there, but maybe not be accepted by the others just yet.

We have a wild Opossum that eats with our cats also. She’s extremely gentle around them. She will even let you pet her.

Aw cute opossums get such bad stigmas they are very sweet and useful animals and very immune to rabies and eat tons of ticks and they are quite clean.

Their little fingerless gloves look is so cute. I love seeing little baby ones walking around the tall grass on my walks.

Hell I'll just go back to bed then. Lol.

I love opossums. Those feet.

I had a HEDGEHOG living under blankets with my two HUGE dogs. Cat and my two dogs would just stare at him when he came for food.

Cute little thing, thank you for being kind to this little sweetie.

I love possums and such a benefit to one’s property! They are very docile creatures, their gaping just a defense mechanism - but just noise and a show. We have several that come to our front porch to eat and sleep in the houses we built for the feral cats. They all share the space and the housing. Just love them!!

"Oh... hello, feline brethren. I, being another cat as you, will just go back this way then.... Meow."

All animals deserve love and respect ❤️💚💙🧡

The fact you gave that opossum a place to sleep is awesome. He looks absolutely adorable and I'd love to have a pet opossum! ☺️👍❤️

Those tiny hands! 😻

He's hungry too ! 💖🥰💖 Sweet possum ❣️

The key is to walk up bold as brass as if you belong there. Nobody would question him then.

Possums always make me think they're some kind of missing link, but between which two animals, I just don't know.

My neighbor had two possums when I was a kid. I was surprised by how different they were from the reputation they seem to have. I’m lucky to have had that experience. Fuck yeah, possums!

She's one of the cats, now. She might even want petting some day. Lol

One comes in my yard every nite..my chihuahua goes nuts..especially when she sees the opossum drinking out of her water bowl! 😆

He's doing his very best

Love opossums, so cute!!!

How cute shes looking for a warm bed❤

Kinda strange to see one in the daytime like this. He/she must've been really hungry. May have babies in her pouch that need milk, so she had to take a chance. They are very devoted mothers. I love possums so much. They're definitely one of my favorite animals. They make me laugh how they think they're being sneaky. Their vision is mostly based on movement so if you're really still they won't see you usually. I had one "sneak" all along my fence, bumbling along through the bushes, and come right up to my back door steps, which I was sitting on smoking my pipe before bed. She was trying to get some cat food. They love cat food. It got about a foot from my left leg and I looked at it and said "whatchu doin?" The look he gave me was so funny. It was like "oh my freaking lord, there's a human right there and I'm about to crap myself." I wish I could've filmed it, but I would've scared him away trying to. After I said that to him, he almost didn't know what to do. If they're started badly enough, they will immediately and instinctively roll over and play dead, tongue sticking out and everything. He almost did that, but opted for running clumsily back under my fence gate. I realized I could be really still and quiet and they'd come right up and eat catfood like right there 2feet away from me and never even know I was there. They need to be protected, not feared because they are really so vulnerable. All the growling and hissing they do when cornered is just an act. You can catch them by their prehensile tails and they'll just hang there and chill so you can look at them. Never kill one because they very likely will have babies in their pouches so you're killing them too. Also, if you see a dead one, check to see if it's a female with babies because they could still be alive and can be rescued and taken to a wildlife rehabilitator. Let's take care of our awesome pawsoms! They're our only native marsupial here in the United States, to my knowledge.

I used to have an opossum living in my barn, he would walk right next to me up to the house when he saw I was feeding the cats, no fear.

Remember my wife running back into the apartment yelling that she just saw the largest rat. I told her to show me, and she lead me outside and pointed at a bush.... behind which was an opossum. I told her it wasn't a rat, but an opossum.

My cats always got along with the wild opossums that would get into the garage and sleep together

I like how it slowly turns its' head. 😆

Awwww 😆. I had raccoons who came for the daily feast for my rescues. Made sure they had their own food and water as I stood there till all were finished. Word got out and soon I had geese with their little puffs in tow and pigeons. When summer came I’d take the hose out and stand there giving them a cool shower before their departure for the day. Hahahaa I loved it just as much as they did !!😆💪🏼😎

Possums love cat food 🥰

Adorable possum. I have one living in a yard nearby. In Canada that is very special.

Here in Mexico we call them Tlacuache...many people find them repulsive, but I think they are a cool little creature that has been around for 70 million years.....sadly, in the wild they only live about 18 months, and rarely ever past two years. They die from old age.

Opossums dont actually bite people. When they are scared they just hiss and freeze. So you could pet them with no problem. They will even be friendly after a while if you feed them from time to time.

Thanks for feeding nature. Animals are awesome.

I love his little non-sneaky self!

What a strange cat.

They are so good to have around. They are good at cleaning up stuff we don’t want around

That was the most wholesome “you might not see tomorrow” looks I’ve seen from an animal

This will be funny in KLR production😂

Hard to believe he(she?) ignored the full double bowl of dry food while practically standing in it, lol.

What an adorable little baby!

I believe it has its own room and board. ❤️

The soundtrack to that opossums life. . . . "It always feels like, somebody's watching me"

Thank you for sharing, it's adorable. God bless those who help animals. 💙 🏳️ ⚕️ 🕯️ ⚕️ 🕊️ 💙

Thank You for including this sweet creature. Ur a good hooman.

Oh my gosh I love him!! 😍look at his widdle nose! 🥰 sooo cute 🥰

The silver tabby is gorgeous. Reminds of the cat I had growing up.

Person shooting video: "What do you think you're doing?" Possum: " Umm, meow!"

They've got great ears.

Harry is a cute little dude!

The way it stopped and slowly looked at the camera 😂😂😂😂

When you're promised a bonus at work three months ago and you see everyone has already gotten their's.

What a cutie! Such a wholesome boi. Opossums are baby!

Lol I love them! They are hilarious! Look at the ingredients of the food you are feeding. It's corn and sugar....look for brands with meat. No corn, no sugar, vegetable starches . It's expensive but they will eat less and be very healthy.

Also looks like the skull crawlers from king Kong. Man that thing really gives me the Willie's!!!!!!

I LOVE OPOSSUMS! They are the best

my man looks tired.

Possum was like: Yeah think I'm just gonna wait in this comfy bed tell yall finish cause I don't feel like getting scratched to death today

I feed a couple of possums on my porch every night.. I always put 2 bowls full of food and they start with one full completely finish it before moving to the other..so polite!

Lmaooo when he notices the camera he’s like “shit!!! They saw me!!! Abort!!! Abort!!!”

Possums are so cute and very beneficial to the environment

Opossums are great animals. They eat bugs and keep to them selves. If you see one, don’t be scared.

LOL I have no idea how this clip has not gone viral. That head turn at 00:16 cracks me up!

I love his tiny little 👏 s

I had a young opossum last summer in my boiler room for 2 weeks. I gave food and water every night. Unfortunately, I couldn't let her stay because she had fleas and got my dog with fleas. But I think opossums are amazing animal knowing all the facts about them.

This is delightful 💙🙏

I leave my back patio door open so I don't have to constantly open and close it for my cat. Every once in a while a possum walks in and goes for the cat food. If it sees me it will slowly make it's way back outside. Sure does make a lot of noise when it eats though.

TOTALLY ready to play dead at a moment's notice...

I love them💗

Aw... is it missing a toe on one of its backfeet? I think it is. If not, might be just be the perspective and where its toes are situated as it walks.

Why he stop like somebody said swiper no swiping three times 😂😂😂

My father in law has one that eats the outside cat's food. My mother in law told him to do something about it. So, he converted an old tote to a house and named him George. They love ticks so they are good to have around.

if i could just stay very still they wouldnt see me! gadmmit i'll turn around😂

I have one in my backyard. It lives in the shed right now, so I’ve been putting leftovers out by it. We named him/her Homer because he/she loves donuts.

Beautiful lil baby

I have an opossum named Petey. He is sooo fat and cute!! He likes all of my cats and they like him and he, usually, is right there with one or two of them. So sweet

Красавчик 😍🤗👍

“I could be a friggin’ cat. Sh*ts easy.”

I love how none of the cats give a shit

Hell with this, I'm going back to bed till it's dark

I love this.

They’re naturally nocturnal so of course it looks annoyed. I would to if I was woken at 3AM

I always feed the wild possums. My favorite was one I called Sumo, because he was so big, who lived under my shed. Sumo loved grapes. Whenever he'd see me, he'd run out and click until I gave him a few grapes or whatever food scraps I had on hand. He and a feral tom would sometimes get into it, and Sumo always won. I still miss that fat old possum.

"Dad... What do people mean when they say something has beady eyes?" "Watch this video!" 👀😉❤️

I have one living under my house. I have 3 cats and a dog and Fred comes out at night to eat their food. I learned about the benefits of opossums the last few years, so when Fred showed up it was OK.

Awww so much cute 🥰

My man’s out here living the good life

Awwww poor thing has a bloody foot, I hope he's alright.

I love possums. I had a place near ocean and had bunch of possums and raccoons. Had fox but they didn't come by much...poor guys. I'm also in city so to have these guys around was so wonderful. They came on my back porch. The mommas trusted me and had brought their babies by. It wasn't unusual to happen to look up or down and see a cutie looking at me. People literally freak out and call companies that "relocate" them. Thats not even legal. But they don't care what they do with them as long as they are not in their yard. But possums clean up....anything dead they gladly will take away. That's fine by me. If you have "friends " like this you are literally not lonely. I love them. ❤

When you try to sneak back to the buffet for fourths and you make eye contact with someone

So adorable !!!!

He thinks he's sneaky. He also wonders if he's a cat 🤔

My cats share the bowl with our neighborhood possum. A peaceful coexistence.

I love opossums 💜

I love how the cats couldn’t give a fuck about the opossum