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Didelphis virginiana: a species of this New World marsupial |
an opossum
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$1,600 |
DJ |
ANIMALS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES |
2025-11-28 |
#9445 |
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Talk about a passel of kids--this North American marsupial can give birth to as many as 20 babies at a time, each no larger than a bee |
an opossum
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$600 |
J |
LET'S HEAR IT FOR ANIMAL MOMS |
2024-10-11 |
#9180 |
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This North American marsupial has a gestation period of as little as 12 days |
an opossum
DD
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$4,000 |
DJ |
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
2022-07-27 |
#8693 |
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It is very unlikely that this American marsupial will contract rabies--its body temp. is too low for the virus to survive |
an opossum
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$800 |
J |
ANIMAL FACTS |
2020-03-31 |
#8192 |
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Throw that baby shower quick! Of mammals, this American marsupial has the shortest gestation, 12-13 days |
the opossum
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$800 |
DJ |
ZOOLOGY |
2017-10-10 |
#7607 |
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We couldn't do the category without showing the death face of this critter, the big faker |
an opossum
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$400 |
DJ |
ANIMALS PLAYING DEAD |
2017-03-27 |
#7496 |
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Explorer Cabeza de Vaca wrote about this "animal with a pocket on its belly, in which it carries its young" |
the opossum
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FJ |
ANIMALS OF THE NEW WORLD |
1998-01-26 |
#3091 |
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This marsupial has 50 teeth, more than any other North American mammal |
an opossum
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$600 |
DJ |
ANIMALS |
1995-10-19 |
#2559 |
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Of the more than 65 species of this marsupial, only the Virginia or common plays dead |
the opossum
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$400 |
DJ |
MAMMALS |
1991-06-11 |
#1577 |
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Plays dead to escape predators, but one was close friends with an alligator |
an opossum
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$400 |
J |
MAMMALS |
1984-09-25 |
#12 |