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Mike 03

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3. "how the deer figured out that the opossum could help"

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Fri Dec 20, 2019, 12:54 PM

Dec 2019

Utterly fascinating. I'd love to know too. I absolutely love learning about things like this.

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Here's a photo of something pretty amazing, but non-political. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2019 OP

Interspecies cooperation like that is actually fairly common... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #1

I had never heard of this one, though. MineralMan Dec 2019 #2

Nature does seem to find a way...nt Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #4

May I share this on FB to my people? evilhime Dec 2019 #43

I was watching a Nature Channel show about dolphins hunting for sardines. Blue_true Dec 2019 #66

"how the deer figured out that the opossum could help" Mike 03 Dec 2019 #3

Looking again at the photo, it looks like someone MineralMan Dec 2019 #7

Crocodiles let Egyptian plover birds pick leeches off their gums IndyOp Dec 2019 #5

Cool Photos! MineralMan Dec 2019 #6

Those two are fairly well known, but I've never seen pics. The deer/possum one is new to me. Hekate Dec 2019 #8

Not sure I could hold still to have some bird hopping around in my ear... erronis Dec 2019 #29

Maybe rhino skin is so think they don't notice, as much...? IndyOp Dec 2019 #33

That's fascinating. Thanks for a brand-new wildlife lesson. Hekate Dec 2019 #9

I love that kind of stuff! MineralMan Dec 2019 #15

I met a wild opossum early the other morning. iscooterliberally Dec 2019 #10

I saw a possum on my roof early yesterday morning. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #12

They sure do like cat food! iscooterliberally Dec 2019 #14

I don't know what possums sound like in attics, but do you think it could be a raccoon? LeftInTX Dec 2019 #41

It's possible, but I have never seen a racoon in my neighborhood. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #42

You can check our property for raccoon latrines. LeftInTX Dec 2019 #51

I was in a band in college . . . we were called the Communal Raccoon Latrines. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #52

Oh my!!!!! LeftInTX Dec 2019 #54

better fix where they are getting in the attic because Captain Zero Dec 2019 #69

We used to have possums come to the back door of our house for MineralMan Dec 2019 #17

It really is amazing how far apart we live and yet we have the same species of animals in our yards. iscooterliberally Dec 2019 #21

Funny how nature is organized for species to help one another. PatrickforO Dec 2019 #11

Yeah, except that your feeding five cats, so there is that symbiotic thing there... MineralMan Dec 2019 #13

I love possums. cwydro Dec 2019 #16

I do too. MineralMan Dec 2019 #18

Yeah, in an outbuilding on my farm, I used to have a TV and hang out in the summer. cwydro Dec 2019 #20

We used to do that with the raccoons in the neighborhood. calimary Dec 2019 #28

So true. cwydro Dec 2019 #56

I have one I will gladly send to you. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #45

I have javelina--quite a few. They stink a lot. panader0 Dec 2019 #48

I've never seen one. Just googled them. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #49

The big males can get close to 90 lbs. panader0 Dec 2019 #53

Javelinas are the wild hogs of the desert southwest. From what I gained from business Blue_true Dec 2019 #67

The only good opossum is a...... TidalWave46 Dec 2019 #19

See, there's hope. mjvpi Dec 2019 #22

Not sure about that. (r)epuglicons are evil incarnate. Don't trust them now, or ever. erronis Dec 2019 #32

Never hurt an opossum. They are our friends. nt leftyladyfrommo Dec 2019 #23

Oh, I never would. MineralMan Dec 2019 #25

That wasn't aimed at you. Just general info. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2019 #30

Oh, I know. MineralMan Dec 2019 #31

They don't get rabies. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2019 #36

That's really interesting. MineralMan Dec 2019 #37

They get a bad rap down here, cuz they hiss but they are harmless LeftInTX Dec 2019 #44

My guess Beringia Dec 2019 #24

Oh... I thought that was Jeff Van Drew with Donald Trump LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 #26

That would probably be a picture of a sychophant cleaning dump's anus. erronis Dec 2019 #34

That's great! Hortensis Dec 2019 #27

I love possums. They also enjoy dining on mice. We've noticed a decrease in both ticks and mice Vinca Dec 2019 #35

They sometimes sleep in the window wells of our basement windows. MineralMan Dec 2019 #38

We've got lots of possums, raccoons, rats and mice LeftInTX Dec 2019 #46

Cool but opossums skeeze me out. Pepsidog Dec 2019 #39

Yeah, they have that effect on a lot of people. MineralMan Dec 2019 #40

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Welcome to DU! panader0 Dec 2019 #50

Isn't it obvious? Throck Dec 2019 #55

lmao Niagara Dec 2019 #65

I hate possums Bayard Dec 2019 #57

Didn't know this about possums LeftInTX Dec 2019 #60

That's good eating nt d_r Dec 2019 #58

My favorite possum story d_r Dec 2019 #59

THAT'S just the sort of helpful critter we need in politics... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2019 #61

Love Pogo! burrowowl Dec 2019 #63

'possum is hungry bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #62

Opossums...nature's pest control Niagara Dec 2019 #64

Love it! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2019 #68

Sweet Raine Dec 2019 #70