virginia opossum - black and white marsupial - looking directly at the camera

mammal animal whiskers pet rodent nose squirrel wildlife snout opposum opossum marsupial black white camera native north south america virginia elongated large sagittal crest bone making forehead scaly feet prehensile tail wrapped branches stabilize climbing opossums larger never held stabilizer eat ticks amazing immune system rare contract rabies lyme disease venomous snake bites play possum pretending dead predator threat carry young pouch -didelphimorphia didelphimorphia rodents hairless america didelphimorphia rodents larger tail climbing stabilizer system disease bites pouch teeth mammal