Amazing!! Love them

Since they are marsupials, their normal body temperature range makes it impossible for them to contract rabies. They only contract rabies if they are exposed while they are already running a fever. Unfortunately, this can happen when they eat inorganic materials that can cause intestinal blockages ie plastic, styrofoam, etc. making them sick. Their blood has unique properties which kills ticks moments after the possum is bitten. They also can survive venomous snake bites that could kill an adult human. They kind of pass out for 45 min or so once the venom takes affect and then kind of walk it off. Possums are awesome!!!

@@sheenahope3586 Yay!! Thanks for this generous share Sheena! 😀 Love learning this! On KQED or some other public radio station, there was someone talking about how 160 years ago, we cohabitated with animals even in cities. He said you’d see pigs, wild dogs, coyotes, chickens, and more just walking around minding there business, and is minding our. On another occasion I heard there were hundreds of 🐳 whales living living off the coast of central CA. One day there will be balance again, we may not love to see it, but life is too intentional to let a few billion humans take it down.

Yes! And they will groom their caregiver as well... thoroughly & obsessively! LOL!!

@@sheenahope3586 as a Lyme disease sufferer, I now really want a possum to cuddle with 💞

I hope you're doing okay, now.

Hey hope you are doing better now🙏🙏

That's adorable!

That's really cute tbh

I'm glad you're no longer homeless and hope you're doing good! I never know what to do in that situation, I wish or system didn't fail people and animals. Do you ever go back to visit them? That would be a hard thing to leave behind.

So best friend not my first opossum rescue they don't live a long time but they love so much you never forget how cool they are ,damn neer became a biologist for one critter

Oh thank you

Can you make a video of his recovery and life with you?

how is he now?

Agreed, wed love to see!​@@elizabethtencer7950

Schön dass Sie sich um das Tier kümmern ❤

Ok now that did make laugh ! I'm still smiling :D

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Lol. 😂

She could have dropped him off down the street in the woods then left in her car. She had no real intentions of releasing him

@@Rangelong Yeah, because an animal without proper schooling will survive on its own. /facepalm

quit joking around!

I think a lot of animals do, any wild animal has a different mental and physical state

The same happens to people who grow up in less than ideal conditions.

Opossum. People use it as an umbrella term but it’s confusing for those that don’t know the difference .

With that said it’s kind of like the foxes that were domesticated in Russia, the color of the foxes fur changed when they were fully domesticated

Plus, you know, the comfort, food, shelter, and safety benefits lol.

Imprinting is too crude a word. We are all animals. At the root, there is no difference. No man has any more existential validity than another living creature.

That was very sweet!

❤

Aw so sweet!! 🥰🥰

Awww, let's go home mom. 🥰🥰🥰

Human mom : Your place is here in the wild Butter : No my place is with you where I get hugs!

"Let's slub." Lmao

lol so funny "let's slub" hahahaha that's definitely a new word I learnt in her video!

@@stevie56565 It sounds dirty AND wholesome at the same time. It's beautiful XD

I don't like to kiss and tell, but let's just say there was some heavy slubbing going on.

@@CaptainXanax No way, man! You mean ALL the way? That must've been some damn good slubbing.

Vomitous comment

Yeah if she plam to release him she wouldnt raised hinnto be a pet

lol

LOL

@Johnny Sins aww look at the troll trying to get attention with this comment lmao. Good Luck :)

Just resist temptation to kiss him on lips hahah

IKR lol 😂

@@spensert4933 Furry detected.

"...with pointy, pointy fangs."

You guys can laugh all you want but its gonna be sad day when Butter dies....I miss already.

aww cute

Bless you! 💕 Good memories.

HOw long did they live and were you there the whole time?

@@superkillr I've had 3 of them through the years as pets and unfortunately they have a 3 maybe 4 year life span.

@@dplouff0820 Yes, I read that. Even the most pampered possum won't live longer than 3 or 4 years. It's a real shame but I suppose evolution has a reason behind it we don't understand yet

If this thing saw a skunk it would have imprinted on that- this human isn't special, it was first in line.

@@danielm4114 Please go and crawl under a rock. And stay there. This is a love story and you don't get it.

@@danielm4114 of course, noone's denying that but in this case it was a human? What's your point exactly?

Daniel M is just jealous that the Possum has better game than he'll ever have lol

@@peachyevren5789 My point is that it isn't 'their human' it's just 'a human' it happened to imprint on- it coulda been anything. This lady ain't special.

Humans fear what they don't know. Once you take your time to know an animal, you will anderstand how they really are. We are taught to fear the unknown, to not trust, to kill what MIGHT be dangerous, even if it isn't. Possums, rats, pigeons, crows, mice: they are not pests, they are intelligent, smart and affectionate if they bond with you. One just needs to give them a chance and truly, really look at them.

Once had a friend cockroach. No kidding. Really changed my perception about everything.@@cheap-assrecipes5993

Oh my gosh i loved your comment! Thank you so much for being open to it and for even watchin a video LIKE this. I try to teach my kids, every animal (hell to me, even every bug too) is precious and that all the negative stigmas they may have are almost always only out of their fear, their instinct, or in the predators category, their nature. Of course disease is very real and truly should be avoided but every animal deserves kindness from every human. And being scared of animals is totally natural but they're really all just here trying to survive like we are. None of them have capacity for malice. Youre so sweet for seeing this the way you did.

yeah it’s crazy, they actually physically can’t have most diseases, due to their low body temperature.

Even wild opossums are nothing like you described. They're certainly not vicious and dangerous. In hours of watching (both in person and on camera) opossums interacting with each other, raccoons, skunks and cats I've seen an opossum being aggressive _once._ That was one adult male chasing away another from a pile of food. They're actually quite shy around not just people but other animals and have very laid back, almost sweet, personalities. The disease thing is actually kind of funny because think about it...have you ever heard of a rabid opossum? No, because their body temperature is too low for not just rabies but most disease common to wild animals. I think their reputation is entirely based on people thinking they're ugly and scary looking. I agree that they aren't as cute as raccoon and skunks but they grow on you once you get to know them. They're very much an "it's what's on the inside that counts" animal. Once you see how sweet they are they suddenly look a lot cuter.

Absolutely precious and sweet as pie.

Ngawwwww, absolutely Adorable story! Your dad sounds so sweet, looking after a baby possum is not easy at all and without your mum knowing lol, thats just too darn cute! What a lucky possum.

Love this story!!!

Aww, God bless him

Post videos of the opossum please

Yes!!! Love this x

Right?? Just the best.

I am happy for Butters & his new mom❤️‍🩹 She did the right thing! He’s super precious

Amen!! 🙌🏻❤️

Sorry i'm just looking at your name 😂 but rightttt?

And dont carry rabies

I did not kno they were immune to snake venom nor didnt carry rabies!! Cool!!

And it will be dead in 2-4 years

@@shane3905 so will you

@@shane3905 start counting the days

xD

I sure did 😒

Hell no….😊

Micheal Jordan ass possom😭😂

Lol

I always thought they were rodents..so your saying that I’m wrong?

@@TheRTM They are marsupials, not rodents.

They are the Armageddon of my least favorite parasite. They devour ticks in droves. That alone makes them worthy of our love, domestication, and all the peanut butter and bananas they could ever ask for.

They’re marsupials.they’re more like kangaroos

@@StrangeCreed and not to mention that they’re extremely unlikely to get rabies ! Their body temperature isn’t warm enough for the parasite to survive

I agree !!!

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@The Forsaken One 2 to 4 years in the wild… twice that in captivity- based on what I read from the WNC Nature center. Apparently they are our only native marsupial ☺️

Use grammar next time

No Pokémon !!

They are !! I wish everyone knew this 😔 Just the amount of TICKS they kill is good enough for me lol I'm way more scared of a nasty tick 😫

Now that is a good, decent and wise pest control person! This world needs a little more kindness.

This is true they are beneficial because they don't get rabies and eat everything bad like snakes, mice,rats and they are docile. They are a truly beautiful animal on this earth. A lot of People just don't care about anything but themselves so it's disturbing what they do to any animal regardless.

@@Kiwi_kiki15I'm with you, I can't stand ticks.

That's odd, I watched my city's animal control take a possum's head of with a shovel just two days ago. Guess he didn't feel the same 😂

We have one living in our backyard as well and it gets along with the neighborhood cats. They’re really easygoing critters but unfortunately aren’t long-lived.

yea right, he'll snap soon enough. just give it sometime, until his wild instincs hit outta the blue.

I agree with you.. my love for people doubles when they love animals

@@canuckfan1745 what

And they eat ticks like nobody's business. Just one opossum can devour around 5000 ticks per season.

I really doubt he thinks like that

@BPD Todd why would a vet know the thought processes of an opossum? I don't think that's covered in med school

@@yuzuruotonashi659 the vet doesn’t know, but you presume to know.

@@youtubeillegallydeletesacc1525 okay.

@BPD Todd Vets aren't all knowing.

Serious Blacc, YOUR COMMENT: Mother: I had plans on releasing him to the wild. Butter: yeah that's gonna be an easy no for me CUTE REPLY !!! A "HUGE NO" FROM BUTTER THE BABY POSSUM !!!

@@MerryMac8 huh?

@@MerryMac8 ???

So glad she didn't dump him in the woods like rehabbers do. Domesticated wild animals make incredible pets.

Yea they got my baby because of my ex landlord and turned her loose In the wild on a freezing night because he could get a hold of me because they gave the wrong number purposely they new the right number and he said he was gonna bring her to me he new she was was not able to be in the wild but because of them he had no choice and when I finally found out how to get a hold of them he called me back the next day. And came and told me were he let her go and told me if I find her I need to get my permit for two dollars but she never md it very fr that night she was crippled in her back legs so she went slow and would rest and she froze to death that night I lost it when I found my baby girl like that I felt like I failed her because they locked me out of my home and took them while I was gone is was so cruel and so wrong

*opossum

Great story.

ya mine used a litter box and went for walks on the leash, i had a racoon and skunk and they all lived together happy until my ex gfs 15 year old son took wire cutters and chopped their paws off and put them in a storage tote full of salt, i had to take them out back and put them down, he got 13 counts of federal animal cruelty in a detroit MI court because he tortured them and my ten pigs to death

@insanity wolf He was typically insane ....

@@breakingames7772 holy crap, that kid was a psychopath. I'm extremely glad to hear he actually got slapped with not just animal cruelty charges but FEDERAL charges! Not that such sick minds will learn, but at least there are red flags in his official records should he continue such behaviors...

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That's an awesome comment!😁

its beyond adorable

😂😂

I know.....that was the cutest moment for me......

Right! He was gettin comfy ♡ you know she don't own any blanket that's just hers anymore 🤣

He was actually trying to build his den even further. smh

yeah, that one got me

Has the potential to yes. Always irks me when people imply natural is always best. Natural living humans died in their 30s when their teeth complications killed them, if they were lucky to make that age. Wild wolves live 5 -8yrs if they're lucky and so on. Nature is brutal, it needs to be respected not romanticised.

@@wd25a i agree with you but at the same time people want to help we don’t want an animal to suffer. It’s hard i guess

Unless peta comes to euthanize your pets

@@wd25a Ye, I agree with you, nature can be very brutal, but we need it "sadly" despite it's brutality in our eyes, but some animals don't do well in captivity and we need all ranges of plant like and animals in the wild for the planet to be in a (I guess you could say) good condition. Plants; all ranges of prey and apex predators are all needed for balance. Ii will say even tho I think nature is brutal if someone says they "saved" an animal from a predator (unless it's something like a cat etc) or someone says they found an injured or sick animal, if it's native I'm the type to say to just release it as to let nature take its course or if it's not native give it to a rehabilitator who can properly deal with it and in most cases probably has more experience or at least more resources than a lot of people may have, yk? Just my thought on it, I rabbled, but pretty much despite how brutal nature is, that brutality is kind of needed 🤷‍♀️

wd25a okay but opossums have been well-documented dying in captivity much younger than in the wild and you can’t love that away

Wholesome.

+1

A blessing. Jesus/yeshua Loves you and wants to save you. Be strong, Pray and find Your bible. Your not alone

Wild opossums have a relatively short lifespan of approximately 1.5-2 years. Captive opossums normally live between 3-4 years, however up to 8-10 years has been described. yeah, its too bad she didn't get one that lived 8 years

While cute and loveable, it's hard enough when I lose a cat I've had for 20 years. Main reason I don't want a pet that only lives a handful of years. 😢 Of course I realize the lady in this video wasn't planning on keeping the possum to start with.

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WILLIAM,YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.

thank you for being so kind.

GREAT JOB! THE world needs more people like you!

@@roy33mark Thanks for the kind words. Wouldn't it be nice if people cared about each other, as they care about animals? I think the world would be in a better place.😊

Like why catch an animal help it and force it to stay but he made his own choice

Precious

No kidding? I never knew that they were immune to rabies. I was wondering about this also.

@@veltonmeade1057 their body temperatures are low that rabies cannot thrive in them. And they eat ticks so they also prevent Lyme disease!

and they eat loads of ticks :).

They eat insects and ticks which is a great help to humans.

It is rare for them to contract rabies, but it does happen.

Possum chic: very avant garde

Cool lamp pfp! 😂

I thought that lamp was something else😳

The art of deception i see.

@@laifu_not_daijoubu4513 as millions of people back in like 2004 :)

As long as they care for them i don't have a problem of wild animals living at home. He may get aggressive at some point but that's the risk with every animal. He got lucky to get such a nice person.

@@zlotywest860 Opossums are actually very docile creatures, they just act though because that’s what it takes to survive. Obviously that doesn’t mean too much, since any animal can snap in the right circumstances, but since they’re naturally calm it’s a little less likely he’ll become aggressive unless it’s due to an extremely stressful situation (which if they care for him well, he shouldn’t ever be in) or possibly due to old age / illness.

If you love something set it free, If it comes back its yours

@@ellespoonies Brother and I raised one when younger and they are one of the few wild animals I trust to just walk up and pet even as full grown adults. They hiss and open their mouth but they never have actually bit me. All bark no bite

hes not wild. simple fact. he was born wild. but he was raised domesticated. he is domesticated. he wld not survive wild

kinda gross to be more accurate

@@MrLeonightis hush it. You're kinda gross 😆

True that, except with my cat Annabelle, i think she's just saying " Your Mine " .

@@unclebadger597 its not gross until you pick one up and get seven diseases lmfao

You are beautiful with your kind words! Absolutely a beautiful video and she certainly made people like us appreciate these little Chubbies .

Maybe that's why I love them so much... They are my spirit animal

When we first moved here I went to bring out the trash, and startled one in our breezeway. The poor little guy wobbles a few feet, and fell over. Stayed like that about a half-hour. Then got up and went on its way.

I lived in a trailer for a while. I had to go next door to go to the bathroom. Which was interesting in the middle of the night. One night, I went out onto our walkway, practically sleepwalking. I tripped over a possum. He shrieked, I shrieked, then we both went running in the opposite directions.

😇࿙ 𝙿𝙻𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙴 𝚂𝚄𝙱𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙸𝙱𝙴 𝙼𝚈 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙻 𝙸 𝙽𝙴𝙴𝙳 𝚂𝚄𝙿𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃࿚💖

Rabbits would be introverts too. They're very loyal, active and loving around people they trust, but shy around people they don't know. And they don't like unknown rabbits entering their territory. They're my favourite animal 😍

stop eating so much. just a thought.

5:2 fixes that -it stop you grow more belly ,a day every week with only raw vegetables might do the fix also

I came to give you a laughing emoji but stayed to tell others you're "cute YouTubing" wrong. We're here for happy cuteness, not snide bi$&+iness.

Lol

noneyerbidness literally stfu. someone’s eating habits r non of ur business and there could be another medical issue that makes it hard to loose weight, etc. imagine waking up and thinking that u really did something with this comment, all your doing is showing the internet how much of a dumbass u r

The only thing bad about them is they don't live that long 💔In the wild about 2 years and taken care of as a pet 4 years some times a little longer.

@@misstigerlilly7353 that's like rats , I have 5. The longest living one I believe was 6. But most live 1-2 years. Wirh good breeding and care some can live 4 years but not often

He is 100% adorable. I want him...

The job u

Yeah fr. She's just as lucky though thats so cool

Me and my grandfather caught around 7 in a trap, but we carried then to a docking Pier and released then into a VERY thick brush.

All the more reason to have them around. Because ticks are evil!

@@starscotten next dodo video: lady rescues cuddly family of ticks

@@csf7773 NO! And I was talking about the opossums.

@@starscotten 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Or those frogs in south america, whose skin oozes poisonous secretion. Nope. Not every animal is or has to be "hugable"

@@Gaia_Seraphina just because an animal may not be 'huggable" SHOULD NOT mean it's life isn't worth saving

100% they all are so worthy of love, respect and peace. Esp these babies. They're one of my favorite animals. And they're good to keep around. They eat ticks and other bugs. Their body temp is so low they can't catch rabies. They don't even attack. They run away or play dead lol

@@heatherfurtado9445 I didn't say anything about their life, did I? 🤷‍♀️

@@Gaia_Seraphina well nobody said anything about animals needing to be huggable either but you saw fit to come and say that here for no reason.

Love !! Aarre Peltomaa

paper trained?

Potty trained to use news papers or w/e instead of a litter box or others resources.

My rescue boss has been rescuing cats n other animals over 30 yrs. She told me once (randomly lol) opossums make amazing pets. Too bad we mistreat them n raccoons 😔

@Michele S. yah actually I do not agree with you totally, but people these days do go to either extreme and away from reality. finding another species to replace love from your own is a social psychiatric disease that will increase as times come and loneliness increases globally. but at the same time, animals do have emotions, and all animals are not exactly at the same level of complex emotions and intellect, for example, like chimpanzee is way more developed than a possum, but people, in general, don't like to think complexly, for them it is in white and black. either they hate something or love something to the hilt. there is no middle way. though reality always lies in between. in shades of grey. IMHO.

@Michele S. Really, and your partner(s) may have more diseases than a "rodent."

You're right Fernando he is an eraser for sadness for some people doctor Love of Animals stop you from connecting with Humanity? It's the opposite I think astride lonely person can meet people through an animal like walking a dog arguing School shows with your wonderful rodent or lizard or Hedgehog. Animals open our hearts to love. Catholics have an annual blessing of the animals in honor of Saint Francis. You just bring any kind of pet. Beautiful

Ok ok, No need to exaggerate .... Jesus.

@@ZenMountain people these days are trying to replace humanity with animals. I mean it's okay to love animals, but it is going too far, imho.

I wouldn't consider Butter to be like other average Opossums. She got lucky as they can get quite aggressive in the wild when cornered or threatened. You wouldn't want those teeth and claws ripping into you.

@@dan_hitchman007 That is complete and utter horseshit lol. Anyone who knows a single fact about opossums know they are docile and nonaggressive. Even if threatened, they are most likely to hiss and then play dead.

Baby Animals Will Make You Fall In Love

​@@dan_hitchman007 that's BS. They aren't "quite aggressive". A dog is more likely to bit at you than a opossum. The opposum will run away first. If it can't, it will freeze, and if it thinks playing dead will work, it will do that. But if YOU'RE aggressive, he will bare his teeth and hiss to scare you away, and then run if he can. You have to really push an oppossum to get it to attack, and it will be your aggression, not his, that started the fight. Think of all the animals - even moths - that are equipped with characteristics that scare other animals away, yet are totally harmless. Learn about what you fear. Usually you'll find out you're fearing someone or something that is less dangerous than you.

@@chryssoraidy9838 Of course, it's how they protect themselves....

Oh what a lovely experience. Fantastic little animals. I love how the mum has them on her back it cracks me up.

I live in South Houston and they're everywhere, most are pretty nasty down here

Ellen. Thats sad to hear. Look what life has done to them, look at what kind treatment and security love brings the best out.

@@ellenandwillhernandez4298 They are very fearful because people freak out when they see them. They will do everything they can to get away and even if you corner them they wont want to attack, but people act like they're crocodiles. Or they think they have rabies, which is nearly impossible due to their temperature I've heard people say they're different un their neighborhood but acting fearful and being aggressive are very different things

Its funny I’m in Houston and they eat my dogs leftovers at night. King 👑 daddy possum comes to feast.

They don't attack and rarely bite.

wow, just like me, we would be a great match 😂

@@thystaff742 then again i live in florida so maybe you are right in your case

Shawn Woods Of the mouse trap channel,puts his finger in their open mouth,and they never bite.

Yep, that's called playin possum😁

"With this new added material. My defences will be impenetrable"

😂 😂

@@solitudegaming 😂😂😂😂😂 So adorable 🥰

а Вы слышали песнь Александра Лаэртского "опоссум"? там про биологию этого зверька сказано больше чем в ином научном труде.

Damn mice if they aren't pets! They invade your house too much, chewing thru your stuff!

ya , my mom always hated rats and said they are dirty but they are clean

@@0budget_summerfairy Nope, they are dirty.

I raised a domesticated "fancy" rat named Phil since he was a couple months old. He had a brother, Chuckie, but unfortunately he passed when he was young. Phil was the best pet I ever had. We trained him, he was extremely clean, potty trained, let him loose in the house, etc. He was so incredibly loving, funny and smart as hell. He had his favorite blanket, knew his name, loved to play in my hair and we would take him on car rides and walks with a ferret leash. He passed after 4 years in 2002. I could never have another one since.

@@WeAllLiveInTheTwilightZone Well that's adorable, and nice. I just meant the rats that infest your house uninvited, I think those animals are actually incontinent, but I'm not a rodent expert by any means.

well said ♥️

Truth

Lovely, kind rescuer!

Butter imprinted on his kind, human Mom. 💖💖💖

For real.....butter ain't stupid....nasty forest?....or clean house?....yep...going right back inside here....

Butters. "Hell Nah" I'm staying here

Lady thought she was a druid. Butter let her know she was a wizard in need of a familiar.

@@Oniphire damn...I miss D&D.....

With the power of love, his heart swelled three times the size and so will his life force..! J-Just you wait and see!

the mother died and this was the only one left alive, hence this lady taking him in

YAAAY for Fur-Babies!! ❤️

Be of a Godly type and Love all of His creatures,He loved them enough to save them from the flood,remember there totally innocent

@@lightbulb1982 I think they meant the human Mum.

@Slopjaw Johnson Formula milk from the pipette & water in the spoon, would be an educated guess.

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Yeah it's not like she has not tried ! She knew and tried to free him but he would not stand for it hahaha they both deserve to be happy.

@@kokopok100 Too right. I enjoy the company of my friends, they have a friend in eachother. You know what, I have to admit that it's so nice and enjoyable to see these kinds of stories, especially here in blighty because we love animals, especially the cutest like this little chap. Still good to see on KZfaq.

Right? I was thinking the same thing people always try to rehabilitate them so they can go out in the wild I mean possums only live 3 years anyway why not make the best of them and stay with me humanware it's spoiled

I could those things are freaking ugly.....fact!...lol

@@jinellelee7605 😂 they are pretty chilled out which makes them cute their mannerisms and personality