1. http://www.kimballstock.com/results.asp?db =a&image=WLD+04+AC0001+01

2.  15-20” long with tail 9-13”  Weighs up to 4-12 lbs  Short, light under fur, longer darker guard hairs http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mamm als/opossum

3.  Born blind, deaf, and hairless  Litter size is 1-15 young (25 can be born at a time)  Often dies in mother pouch

4.  In the wild they usually live for 2 years  Usually they are killed  In captivity they live for 5-6 years

5.  The opossum lives in Eastern U.S. and Central New England to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Colorado and Texas  Forest to grassland

6.  When threatened the possum will hiss and show its teeth  If predator doesn’t back off it will roll over as if it were dead  When predator leaves the possum will get back up http://www.bentler.us/western- washington/animals/default.aspx http://www.etsy.com/listing/68010335/ace o-opossum-hissing-ltd-animal-photo

7.  Wild: fruits, insects, small vertebrates, carrion, and garbage  Captivity: Dried dog food or cat food

8.  Opossum have been around since dinosaurs  New born possums are as small as honeybees  The “o” in opossum was dropped (nobody knows why)

9.  “Virginia Opossum”. Tennessee Aquarium. Tennessee Aquarium, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.  “Opossum”. National Geographic. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.  “Ten things you didn’t know about the Marsupial”. Huffington Post. Huffington Post, 25 Nov. 2012. Web. 18 Sept. 2013.  “Opossum”. Potter Park Zoo Docent Hanbook. Potter Park Zoo, 2004