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Orangutan Launches Possum out of Enclosure at Zoo β€” as Horrified Visitors Scream
New York Post ^ | Sep. 11, 2023 | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 09/11/2023 10:48:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Orangutan launches possum out of enclosure at zoo β€” as horrified visitors scream

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: opossum; orangutans; possum; possumlauncher
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To: donozark

[...voracious eaters of ticks...]

And chickens. If I don’t get the coop closed before dark, I have to make sure and check that no opossums have snunk in. They hide in the corner and play dead until the chickens go to sleep. Then they slaughter every one they can get ahold of.


21 posted on 09/11/2023 11:10:45 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: nickcarraway

That thar is just funny! 😏


22 posted on 09/11/2023 11:13:57 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: nickcarraway

Shocking only to a bunch of idiot modern soy boys.


23 posted on 09/11/2023 11:14:12 AM PDT by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: nickcarraway

Lack of impulse control yet again.


24 posted on 09/11/2023 11:14:12 AM PDT by CletusVanDamme (Lord, I'm so tired. How long can this go on?)
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing is impossumable!


25 posted on 09/11/2023 11:16:45 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Do they use their own recipe?


26 posted on 09/11/2023 11:17:27 AM PDT by scottiemom (As a former Texas public school teacher, I recommend home school)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Beat me to it...


27 posted on 09/11/2023 11:18:01 AM PDT by null and void (I always love a good argument, even when you’re wrong };^P>)
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To: nickcarraway

Mistook him for a dwarf.


28 posted on 09/11/2023 11:18:38 AM PDT by Spok (Unconditional promises must be honored unconditionally.)
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To: nickcarraway

It should’ve played possum.


29 posted on 09/11/2023 11:20:08 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: nickcarraway

It looks more like a raccoon to me. Possums don’t have bushy tails. Their tails look rat-like and hairless.


30 posted on 09/11/2023 11:21:26 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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According to a Reddit user, the possum landed in another orangutan exhibit at the zoo.

So, possum volleyball.

31 posted on 09/11/2023 11:25:21 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Danie_2023

It’s in Australia. Some of their possums have bushy tails.

And, of course, want to kill you.

Because Australia.


32 posted on 09/11/2023 11:26:18 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: nickcarraway

It is definitely a raccoon, not a possum. You can see he has a bushy tail, the ‘bandit mask’ around his eyes, and a long hairy snout.


33 posted on 09/11/2023 11:27:27 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: NorthMountain

34 posted on 09/11/2023 11:27:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

From the nature programs on TV, you would believe that orangutans are all peaceful, cuddly creatures. We’ll never know what caused this. Maybe the possum misgendered the orangutan.


35 posted on 09/11/2023 11:28:56 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Danie_2023
Aussie possums are slightly less disgusting-looking than North American versions:


36 posted on 09/11/2023 11:29:12 AM PDT by Rio
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To: donozark

13 Facts About Opossums

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544902/facts-about-opossums


37 posted on 09/11/2023 11:29:29 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Man from Oz

“I was in NZ about 15 years ago. The locals took me hunting at night for these vermin. Their eyes shine like red candles. Had a heckuva good time!”

They are harmless and they can eat up to 5000 ticks a night. They also make great pets. They’re not vermin.


38 posted on 09/11/2023 11:34:05 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Rio

“Aussie possums are slightly less disgusting-looking than North American versions:”

Lol... at least the tail part is less disgusting. They are cute though, in an ugly kinda way.


39 posted on 09/11/2023 11:35:07 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Man from Oz

My apologies, it’s 4000 ticks a week.


40 posted on 09/11/2023 11:36:37 AM PDT by dljordan
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