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Wobbly Possum Disease is a fatal neurological condition of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), first reported in 1995. [1] [2] Symptoms include a stumbling gait, tremors, blindness, activity during the daytime, and falling from trees. [2] The disease is believed to be caused by a virus. [3]
Males make a clicking "smack" noise out of the side of their mouths as they wander in search of a mate, and females will sometimes repeat the sound in return. When separated or distressed, baby opossums will make a sneezing noise to signal their mother. The mother in return makes a clicking sound and waits for the baby to find her.
In mammals, the Virginia opossum (commonly known simply as possums) is perhaps the best known example of defensive thanatosis. "Playing possum" is an idiomatic phrase which means "pretending to be dead". [13] It comes from a characteristic of the Virginia opossum, which is famous for reacting with a death-like posture when threatened.
Demodicosis in humans is usually caused by Demodex folliculorum and may have a rosacea-like appearance. [4] [5] Common symptoms include hair loss, itching, and inflammation. An association with pityriasis folliculorum has also been described. [5] Demodicosis is most often seen in folliculitis (inflammation of the hair follicles of the skin).
Possums are vectors of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis), which is a major threat to the dairy, beef, and deer farming industries. [8] The disease is endemic in possums across about 38% of New Zealand (known as 'vector risk areas'). In these areas, nearly 70% of new herd infections can be traced back to possums or ferrets.
After hitting the ground, the possum ran under one couch. She moved that and tried to get him, and the possum ran under the other couch. She said it went back and forth like this about five times.
A friendly possum was caught on camera trying to get in through the window of a New South Wales home, with footage posted on November 17 showing the curious critter poking its head inside ...
A traditional method of preparation is baking, sometimes in a pie or pastry, [64] though at present "possum pie" most often refers to a sweet confection containing no meat of any kind. [65] Around the turn of the 20th century, the opossum was the subject of numerous songs, including "Carve dat Possum", a minstrel song written in 1875 by Sam ...