possum

Example Sentences

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A camera trap in Tasmania originally set to photograph quolls captured a possum mother and joey passing nightly to forage.

From BBC

Found among the stuffed animals at one airport gift shop – an actual living possum.

From MarketWatch

A wild possum joined stuffed furry friends in an Australian airport gift shop this week, surprising travellers in an adorable case of hide and squeak.

From Barron's

You could see where he’d thrashed around, but now he was quiet, playing possum.

From Literature

A tiny possum with one extra-long finger on each hand is one of two species thought to have been extinct that have been discovered in West Papua, in what's been called an "exceptional" scientific discovery.

From BBC