opossum
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The second season, which premieres Tuesday, is called “Lost in the Jungle,” and it follows the journeys of an opossum, an iguana and a jumping spider in the Central American rainforest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
The demolished deer, the obliterated opossum, the wrecked raccoon: This is the detritus of our human-dominated age.
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
In the end, though, it was just a "giant opossum that was under the house", she testified.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
William Voiles, an artist who makes braided trinkets, said the 1-year-old opossum had been confiscated in the city’s French Quarter during Mardi Gras celebrations earlier this month as part of a public safety effort.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Every one of them—small mice and big rats and the opossum.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
A flea becomes infected when it bites rats, opossums and stray cats that are carrying the disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
A national pest control company will provide opossums, rats, raccoons, and skunks from 10 cities.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 29, 2024
Fish & Wildlife Service and Southern Illinois University have outfitted opossums and raccoons with tracking collars affixed with sensors that are triggered when the animal dies.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 11, 2023
Motion-activated sprinklers may deter the opossums and raccoons, but the rats and mice are too small to set them off.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Earthworms are important among the various foods of the raccoon, and are eaten in the spring and fall by opossums.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
