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
The Heidelberg researchers have now systematically classified all cell types in the developing cerebellum of human, mouse and opossum.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023
But no, look there—the feet are moving and now the nose is twitching, and I cannot believe it but the opossum is not dead at all.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
In areas were the disease is prevalent, you are most at risk of getting typhus from infected fleas if you touch, pet or come into contact with rats, opossums and stray cats.
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
They have eclipsed the alligator as apex predator and are disrupting fragile ecosystems like the iconic Everglades National Park by preying on native species like bobcats, racoons and opossums.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 29, 2024
“Unlike gut piles, which are often peppered with bullet fragments, car-killed opossums and squirrels come lead-free, Whole Foods for the necrophagous set.”
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
Dead rabbits, muskrats, opossums, and fish were also found in numbers, and one of the local schools made the collection of insecticide-poisoned birds a science project.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
