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Opossum Fact #18: Our marsupial friends don't live long (lemmy.world)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

I had to quit after the first three reasons, lol.

  1. I sleep like shit so that means I can hang out with a nocturnal animal more
  2. possums don’t do much and like to hide
  3. they have cool tail

Not really starting off with any solid reasons for what constitutes “pet” material.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Maybe this is a better video to show how loving they can be: https://youtu.be/CP2uDm6Pp4Q

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't get better later. It's basically maximally passive animal. Which is cool and cute but...not really a pet.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

TIL an opossum is the mammal equivalent of a pet fish.