That's exactly what my grandpa would say

Can't you recognize a racoon when one is right in front of you?

@@DKNguyen3.1415 Thought you were being clever, but all you managed to do is just show everyone that you don't know what a badger is.

​@@darkySpIt's staged, that's just a dog with some fur dye on it.

@@darkySpthat joke woulda landed if you said it was a tanuki

"Wwwwwwwwwhats up, KZfaqrs! Today we've got a video for you. You're not gonna believe this . . . this one is incredible . . . it will totally blow your mind . . . an OPOSSUM video! But first, make sure you SMAAAASH that Like button, share and subscribe! And don't forget to check out our sponsors!" (2 minutes of ads follow) Annoying intro begins, accompanied by a cringe heavy metal, anime soundtrack: "30! . . . . 29! . . . .28! . . . " etc A two minute video begins. It is filmed vertical video and the camera shakes constantly. Also, is out of focus. There is an annoying baby-music soundtrack added. A loud Television can be heard in the background. A hyperactive barking dog can also be heard. At the 1:55 second mark, an opossum pokes its head around a corner. Narrator: "Whoa! Dude! That's an OPOSSUM!" 5 minutes of annoying outro.

@@KneelB4Bacon lol this was frustrating just to read

Unless the point was eating the apple lol. Lil' buddy isn't going to be winning the apple eating contest.

@@Shiftarus he won in my heart

​@@domareidal5997some ppl just dont get how to be a content creator, lets put it this

Excellent observation

I Put Out Fruits, Vegies, Eggs, Cat Food, Etc. For A Possum That Comes Late At Nite, But I Cut His Food Into Small Bites ! I Have Only Seen Him Once BUT Every Morning His Plate Is Empty, Lol

@@TheCelestialnav Very nice of you

Yes. You have to cut the apples. They love them so much! ❤

He's givin it a good try though!!! ❤

May we all live with such boldness. 🤩

possum

This is Opossum, not a Possum. Possums are some kind of squirrels or something, just Google "Opossum vs Possum"

How do you know it’s a “he”?

@@intrusive-th0t I don’t know it’s a “he” everyone is referring the possum as a he or she and plus we don’t know it’s gender

they is a pronoun if you don’t know the sex or gender of a person/animal

​@@intrusive-th0tbecause he didnt cared if the camera was filming and didnt adjusted its hair

True! No whiny stories about bad dates, etc--straight down the hatch.

*it

@@AwesomeYena *Them Either one is grammatically correct, you can look it up.

@@AfrewSpines I did, and it said "it" is correct. Singular they is only used for humans.

​@@AwesomeYenaa lot of people find the distinction between gendered humans and animals fairly arbitrary, thus "he/she/they" for anything with a heartbeat

Classic example of "if enough people say it wrong it becomes right". They are an awesome possum.

How do you know its a "she"?

@@mikimiyazakiwhy did you only reply to this comment and not all the other comments that called the possum “he”?

@@intrusive-th0t because i didn't scrutinize all the comments and youre was either the first to 5thish comment. The question i asked was "how do you know its she?".

@@mikimiyazaki I find it hard to believe that you don’t “scrutinize” comments seeing as there are far more comments saying “he” than “she” yet you only picked out the one that said “she”. Sounds like you just got triggered because someone defaulted to female pronouns

​@@intrusive-th0tget over yourself cupcake😊

I know! It's the cutest thing! He's like, "Jesus! this is the best water I've ever had!" *Lick, lick, lick 😅

Too true - adorable little thing!

Omg yes. If you have long hair, they love to try to cling on with their grabby little fists (including their foot fists, lmao)

@@roseberry9738 Yes! Their little grabby hands!! 🥰

must be hard to resist interacting with them too much

@@YEs69th420 omg it’s very hard! I especially have trouble with not naming them. :( even the ones that we can’t release back into the wild and keep as ambassador animals, we can’t name.

Daaawe that sounds cute

I will now refer to food internally as 'possum treasure.'

Lotta people have fruit trees that they dont maintain, so when they drop their fruit wild animals tend to swarm the fruit

@@jackhazardous4008Yes but how many possums have the chance to eat a whole fresh apple by themselves?

Clearly it didn't mean much since it just abandoned the apples

It is so adorable to think of this possum living its best life cronching on some fruit

We must have faith there is bigger cronch.

Oliver

What if he eats a potato!!!!!

@@PossumTrough new favorite KZfaq comment ever

​@@Hylianmonkeys💀

What if the possums whispered in your ear and roleplayed giving you a haircut?

​@@PossumTroughI'm subscribing just for that answer.

people call me crazy. but the only times i sleep well is with dogs around. curled up with me or my fail safe to falling asleep a dog crunching on its bone. my mom a long time dog owner also thinks that weird until i explained it and hear me out. you know how most humans can just sit and stare into a fire for hours and blab on about how relaxing it is. you know because all humans do is destroy and such. well my primal memory is from around the time we domesticated animals. instead of burning everything to the ground i found peace in the ones i had near. those crunchy sounds crackle just like a log folks. my last dog used to get yelled at for chewing on things and bones. when she realized i actually egged on her chewing on things she was so happy. i didnt know what she had and she was chewing on something. she never did that before in the time i had her. just wanted to make sure she wasnt eating something she shouldnt be. tried to hide it and i got it anyways. and was like ohh you have a piece of bone. you want that back and she was gonna take my hand off for it if she had to. im like well alright just dont eat it. i gave it back and she was so happy. she realized i wouldnt take it away. and she crunched her bone proudly. i was like ohh do you have your crunchy bone? and she stuck her face up and just crunched away as loudly as possible. literally echoing off the walls. pure bliss it seemed. shortly after she had all sorts of bones of diff sizes and the neighbors dropped off dinner bones often too and shed break little pieces off to crunch on. she didnt like the whole big bone. like a piece of bubble gum for a dog. pretty soon after id eat dinner give her her share of dinner. pretty much half and shed crunch away on her bone and id fall asleep feet warmed by a fat dog just like a nap infront of the fire.

Same

@@PossumTrough *Small calming hisses and chewing on earlobe as they cut your hair half hazardly.*

You, sir, have impeccable taste in doctors and are a true gentleman to America's only marsupial

I have a girl opossum and I have to peel off the skin and cube it. I believe in the wild, rotten fruit has a bit of fermentation and opossum are prone to liking alcohol 😊

How do you know it was a “he”?

I also slice up apples, bananas, large strawberries, and hard boiled eggs. I don't want them to choke on big pieces.

​@@intrusive-th0tWhy is that what you're fixated on?

i dunno how but i made a friend with a bat, i come out at night and this one bat always comes to see me

Dont forget they never get rabies.

Fr they really just want us to go away and let them do their garbage truck duties in peace. They clean up the neighborhoods for us :,)

AWEsome I love to see comments like this.

don't feed wildlife

I hope you base the rest of your life around how possums do things.

Name checks out

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FWIW that opossum is a "she". Adult male opossums develop big much bigger, rounder skulls than this one has.

How do you know it’s a “he”?

@@intrusive-th0t More polite/friendly than saying ”it” and a lot of people default to masculine pronouns

Exactly!

Agreed!

And they're sooooo cute :)

Eh they get into things and make a mess but I wouldn't go out of my way to hurt them. I had one take up in my garage once and since he didn't cause any problems I just let him chill. He'd freeze up when I went to go get pizzas out of the garage freezer then go about his business doing possum things. Kinda like having a weird cat you can't pet.

"Kinda like having a weird cat you can't pet." the most accurate description lol@@The_Novu

Honestly I don't think most people think they're dangerous, they just think they're gross or ugly, and for humans, sadly, that's enough to mean they don't deserve to live anymore i guess

And their lower body temperature makes them pretty resistant to rabies apparently.

@kristyw89 It's the rat tail that does them in.

​@@RuSosanwould for sure need to see a source on that

Well, I know that opossums in Australia are ACTUALLY dangerous. But here in the USA, they're pretty docile, I agree. Just be careful of any in Australia. Whole different environment, whole different personality.

I am lucky. But it's also a matter of perspective. Here, possums are considered pests. You probably have a few unique animals in your area that most people consider pests but are actually quite interesting.

I have possums around my house, they eat our squirrel food at night

​@@IliveinurwallsI absolutely love possums

PESTS? They eat ACTUAL pests, like ticks! They're also not good carriers of rabies, so you want these around 10x more than raccoons! Very sad people view them as pests.@@PossumTrough

Okay but you have red pandas

How do you know it’s a “he”?

At times, that was full-blown gnawing

Guess he finally decided to heed what Loona and Blitzø's been telling him.

Just putting this here for possum lover info. :D Possums get metabolic problems if there is not enough calcium in the diet, too much phosphorous, too much protein, or too many fruits. The possum must have a specific calcium to phosphorous ratio to stay healthy. An ideal diet is a balanced cat chow with a small amount of supplementary foods such as fruits, vegetables, sardines with bones packed in water, raw meat with bones, eggs, low fat yogurt, etc. Some dry cat foods are actually a great choice, you just need to check the calcium to phosphorous ratio. But too many fruits can cause them problems, as they will always select fruits over more balanced foods. An occasional apple is fine though, especially for a wild possum.

​@@MeisaimsI was gonna say, cat food is great for a surprising range of animals, not just cats. It's what I mostly feed my pet hedgehog

SAME!!! 😂

Yeah 😊

I tried cut up apples last summer, but the slices dried out too fast. They ignored whole fresh apples, too. The apples in this video had gone bad, and I guess that's just what a possum craves.

Even more crunch to come.

You are not wrong! 😍😍