Rare Daytime Possum Carries Baby on Back!

in nature •  7 years ago  (edited)

I'm originally from Ohio, seeing Possum at night rummaging through trash or crawling out of sewers is a regular occurrence. I was spending the day with my husbands family, enjoying some time outside when I saw this mother Possum scurrying across the yard in broad daylight!

It was a beautiful day, sun shining brightly and quite peaceful. I imagine mom knew something I didn't and had to transport the babe on the fly. I sat and watched her run across the yard, finding shelter under the neighbors shed where it was dark. I gave up waiting after about ten minutes, expecting to see her emerge to transport more babies. It was dumb luck that I had my camera out and I'm really glad I was able to capture this rare sight.

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I love how the baby hangs on by wrapping it's tail around the mother's tail. Too cute!

It was such a cool moment! I'm a sucker for baby critters haha.

Oh wow how cool. It looks like the babe is holding on for life or death. What a good catch.

It's a shame I couldn't grab some video, they scurried so fast. I'm happy to have caught it happening at all, really neat.

Wow, that is a great picture, i see them out at night all the time, but rarely during the day.

I was definitely surprised! Wish I had my better camera on me, but I'm grateful for seeing them all :) Thanks for stopping by!