Opposums eat carrion, invertebrates, mice, reptiles, mushrooms, many cultivated plants, especially corn and cereals. They bring some damage to the gardens, fields and poultry houses, but this damage is often exaggerated.
American possums have appeared on Earth so long that they are suitable for modern mammals in great-grandfathers.
Opossum the size of a domestic cat, with short paws, an acute light-colored muzzle and bare ears with pinkish tips. The tail is almost naked, long, of a grasping type. The general color is usually gray, occasionally come across black animals. Females have a backward opening bag.
Opossums inhabit a wide variety of areas, but mostly live near water bodies. They are active mainly at night.
This is the only marsupial animal of North America. True, his homeland is South America, and he moved to the North a long time ago. His advance to the north continues to this day. This beast is very hungry. Eats a lot and everything.
