Opossums are quite nice actually! No joke, they're almost always docile and never really bite even when pushed to the limits. They'll snarl and scream like demons, but it's all just a display. They have a super weak bite force, almost never get rabies because of their low body temperatures, and apparently they eat tons of bad pests like tics. Honestly, no reason to bother these little dudes typically. They're probably my favorite animals aside from crows/ravens.
I raised an opossum named Mr. Beans. He is an ambassador for his species, and is the star in multiple shows and educational programs. They love mice and rats too! Playing dead isn’t something they control. When backed into a corner they autonomically pass out for up to 4 hours to as little as a couple minutes, depending on the circumstances and conditions. ❤ Thank you for helping spread this information!
They can actually carried a lot of other diseases despite not having rabies. Not wise for the boy in this video to carry the opposum like that. At least wear gloves
problem with that is that even when u push them beyond their limits, they still most of the time refuse to bite unless they just happen to see a good chance to strike which isnt often for them. ur more likely to get sick from an old knife blade that cut u than a possum bite. they are quite clean animals even tho they dont always smell like it.@@ShadowGin3
Be good to that possum. He will be your boots on the ground free pest control service! He rids the yard of dangerous ticks and poisonous vermin. God’s little servant. 😊
they eat more ticks than u realize. there is no legit way to know how many they eat but we do know they will eat any of them that they find. they are a very well known pest control animal. i use them myself for that very reason. my cats suck at doing the job so the wild possums so it instead. they do ward off snakes and do eat tons of ticks each year. test it urself, if u ever find a wild possum in ur yard, start feeding it so it will come around more often. then when it does notice how many ticks u get on urself vs before u have said animal in ur yard a lot. ull notice its FAR less than it was before. so while they may not eat 5000 ticks each year as they claim, they do eat a good amount of them non the less.@@seandewar47
@@davidarwood6264 I mean hey impressive feats have lasting effects. Mainly when it comes to memories. Years from now they’d be like “remember when you creeped mom out with that possum”
they are not abusing this possum. it’s called scruffing, mothers do it with their babies (most common in cats and ferrets) and it’s a perfectly safe way to handle a possum. the animal isn’t in pain.
@yiggityyiggity69 yeah but that tail lift can't be good for them. They're not any kind of reptile, let alone one of the handful of reptiles that can regrow their tails. Even if they're prehensile
@@roseabee7503 They bite as a last resort and they have 50 sharp teeth, if it bit this kid, they’d try to kill it when it wouldn’t be its fault. Leave the wild animals be.
THEY DO BITES, I TRY TO SCARE THE WHITE POSSUM AWAY, IT GOT ANGRY AND CAME RUNNING AT ME SO I PICK UP A BIG ROCK TO SCARE THEM AWAY AGAIN AND IT TOOK OFF RUNNING CLIMBING UP THE TREES AT NIGHT
If nobody ever caught and handled animals, we would know nothing about them. We wouldn't get anywhere close to learning about new species. Perhaps that boy has an interest in animals and will have a career in biology or zoo in his future. Meanwhile, all you can do is complain about a young kid doing something dumb on the internet. 😊
That’s some real southern shit bc my wife would have leaped in the air screamed. Told my kids to run for there lives. Cursed me out for bringing rabies in the house and threatened to leave me in a divorce 😂
Actually, rabies is almost unheard of in possums, the virus usually can’t survive in their organism due to their body temperature being lower than it is for most mammals (it’s also why you won’t ever see, say, a snake or other reptile catch rabies). That being said, they often drool when playing dead to make it look like they died from rabies to try and get whatever was bothering them to leave them alone. Even if they don’t know what it exactly is, every other animal knows to avoid rabid animals (even those that are dead), so the stratagem usually works.
@@doctorbuga4302 Uh-huh, sure. Guess that’s why the NPS’ official website has an article that says just that, but what do they know compared to some rando on the Internet, huh ?
it can cause spinal damage to carry him like that. it is very rare for opossums to carry rabies because their body temp is too low. just pick it up please.
No no the Little man didn't hurt the animal he handled it with care and I'm sure he let it go after scarring his MOM a little bit .nice to see him playing outside and learning about wildlife instead of a video game in his hand much Respect to this family for bringing there boys up the right way
2 older brothers at school be like: “yah that’s our little brother; no he don’t play sports like us; he can skin a bear faster than you can run around the track though!!!” Super cool 😎 makes me miss my little brother a lot! RIP Kyle ❤
That's how young men played in my day. Wild animals, spiders, snakes, etc were cool and any boy who picked them up became a God on the playground. Bravo to that young man!💯
They ARE cute! I fell in love w/ mine before we caught them all & set them free! My Mama would've said, "He's so ugly he's cute!" 😂 She would've been like this Mom! She came of age in the Great Depression days. 13 y/o when it began. Her Daddy was a truck farmer, but he would occasionally catch a (o)possum, pen it up & feed it corn & probably some of the mule's oats until the scavenged food was out of it's system. Than a black man (not a slur or implication, just what was true) would buy it for his family's supper.
The mother’s reaction is relatively calm. If most sons did that, they could have their mothers in a hostage like situation and get anything they want from her (video games ordered, favorite pair of expensive sneakers, pizzas ordered, etc)…I mean once the mothers feel the coasts are clear and the possums are put away there’ll be a spike in the obituary business, but hey 🤷🏾♂️
Careful when holding opossums! Make sure to never hold them by their tail (he seemed to keep weight off the tail, but still.) younger opossums can hold their weight with their tails, but older ones get their spine hurt from that because of being to heavy.
Okay so as someone whose actually encountered feral possums, don't fucking hold em like a puppy because again they are wild animals and will bite you. You can even see in the video the possum lunging at the kid I've had one bite a crowbar I put next to it. I love possums but the ones your talking about being held like a puppy have to be domestic or raised from early age. So don't listen to either one of these people they aren't puppies you wanna grab with both hands freely.
Slow possums are not as slow as you think they are sure most of the time they just kind of Link along not moving very fast reach down and grab one by the tail it can whip around and have you like that this is a country kid he knows what the hell he's doing us country boys grow up like that but don't think that possum wouldn't mess you up if it got the second it needed to get you yeah they're not slow
Possums are probably one of the most misunderstood animals out there. They can look really vicious, but biting you is the last thing they want to do. Plenty of common neighborhood animals will bite you long before a possum does.
Yeah but it’s not really a good enough reason to treat a wild life like it’s safe. We play by different rules than they do as cute or whatever they are to people.
@@GenuineA-HOLEwhy is he picking it up and bringing the animal into the house to show it off for hen? Just leave the animal alone! Possums are harmless and gentle. We need to respect them.
I have a bunch of them on our property here. The main thing that makes me sad about this is that they get so scared so easily. They also have poor eyesight so it can't really tell what is going on. I'm surprised it didn't have a heart attack from hearing all of those people around & getting confused. 😕. Please be kind to them. They will take care of so many aweful pests around your property!!!!
@@ARandomTexan yeah the fuck it is. He ain’t hurting it. He’s just holding it. He’s a kid, kids do dumb shit sometimes but that’s what parents are for. Now leave me be 😎
@@ARandomTexan yeah & I’m sure the parents knew that which makes them assholes but I’m laughing at the comment not the situation. Just report the video if you didn’t like it. Don’t act up 😆
Wild Possums are unpredictable and have razor-sharp teeth. They can tear you up. On the plus side, if you have Possum around, you won't have Skunks. Possums chase Skunks away.
I miss scaring my mom with opossums and any other critters I could catch before they could bite me like I was a ham sandwich. I miss those days and I miss my parents so very much.
Mom was wayyyyyyyyy to nice!!! You ain't bringing no possum in my house, PERIOD!!! And im also going to tell my kids not to ever touch a wild rodent like that EVERRRRRR again!
@@spencerneal26 they actually don't. . What happens is they go into shock and actually pass out.. They do say they are playing dead yes but they aren't acting they go into a state of shock. Playing dead is an involuntary response on the part of the opossum. The stress of the confrontation facing the opossum causes him to go into shock. This shock induces a comatose state that can last from 40 minutes to four hours.
For a few moments and near the base, it's not bad, sometimes the only momentary course available in handling. This video is not good for instruction, very selfish motives here.
@@whalesong999 that kid swung it by its tail, so, no, never grab them solely by the tail, they don’t hang from them like monkeys. If that kid got bitten, it would have served him right, and his parents would have blamed and hurt that opossum. Morons. Luckily it didn’t bit him, but maybe it would taught him a lesson by it that escaped these neglectful parents.
Actually know what you mean. Some can be mostly black with the typical white faces. I'm raising three orphaned babies at the moment though none are black. I saw most black ones when I lived in Missouri, even a white one near a street in West Plains years ago.
👍🏾that's what I was thinking. She's a brave mama too. I would have been screaming all over the place🤦🏾♀️. They seem like a beautiful family though🙏🏾🤗.
Bro has balls of steel
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@@judesoutdoors6198 you is col
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Opossums would rather not bite, but they will hiss and play dead. Also, they can not have rabies
@@pablozurita2996 kinda scary tho
You can tell by the mom's reaction she is so used to the shenanigans 😂
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Lmao dr
Yea
He may be the smallest brother but he's got the most redneck in him lol. That's funny
Meanwhile the other brothers do this with baby crocodiles but you only see what’s in the video
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Trust and believe Red Neck don't have anything to do with this. This is the kind of son I wish I had. We'd be the best of friends. Right on Lil man
Bro.. do you see a city boy doing this shit? Lmao... you not even country if you won't do it... lmao.
Just lol
Opossums are quite nice actually! No joke, they're almost always docile and never really bite even when pushed to the limits. They'll snarl and scream like demons, but it's all just a display. They have a super weak bite force, almost never get rabies because of their low body temperatures, and apparently they eat tons of bad pests like tics. Honestly, no reason to bother these little dudes typically. They're probably my favorite animals aside from crows/ravens.
I raised an opossum named Mr. Beans. He is an ambassador for his species, and is the star in multiple shows and educational programs. They love mice and rats too! Playing dead isn’t something they control. When backed into a corner they autonomically pass out for up to 4 hours to as little as a couple minutes, depending on the circumstances and conditions. ❤ Thank you for helping spread this information!
They can actually carried a lot of other diseases despite not having rabies. Not wise for the boy in this video to carry the opposum like that. At least wear gloves
Possums are wonderful creatures. I have one that I rescued from my dogs, with injuries.
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problem with that is that even when u push them beyond their limits, they still most of the time refuse to bite unless they just happen to see a good chance to strike which isnt often for them. ur more likely to get sick from an old knife blade that cut u than a possum bite. they are quite clean animals even tho they dont always smell like it.@@ShadowGin3
Be good to that possum. He will be your boots on the ground free pest control service! He rids the yard of dangerous ticks and poisonous vermin. God’s little servant. 😊
That's a myth, Opossums don't actually eat all that many ticks. Hell ticks aren't even that prominent in their diet.
they eat more ticks than u realize. there is no legit way to know how many they eat but we do know they will eat any of them that they find. they are a very well known pest control animal. i use them myself for that very reason. my cats suck at doing the job so the wild possums so it instead. they do ward off snakes and do eat tons of ticks each year. test it urself, if u ever find a wild possum in ur yard, start feeding it so it will come around more often. then when it does notice how many ticks u get on urself vs before u have said animal in ur yard a lot. ull notice its FAR less than it was before. so while they may not eat 5000 ticks each year as they claim, they do eat a good amount of them non the less.@@seandewar47
I almost gave you a thumbs up until I saw the word god🙄🙄
@@madmikesmountianmadness1917bro who cares it’s their belief system
As an autistic person with a special interest in opossums, youre wrong! Specifically Virginia opossums eat tons of ticks! @@seandewar47
"....He has teeth!"
Yes he does. He's a possum.
Sharp,painful and can clasp on. Witch is quite dangerous in most cases. Do to constantly bleeding..Aside facts of infections & torn insides.
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But they actually dont normally bite unless last resort! @@AllenTax
Opossums actually have the most teeth of any north American (land) mammal! 50 of em!
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Boy just earned mad respect from his brothers that day!!
Yeah , they'll think he's cool for a day anyway.
@@davidarwood6264 I mean hey impressive feats have lasting effects. Mainly when it comes to memories.
Years from now they’d be like “remember when you creeped mom out with that possum”
What’s there to respect possums bite at last resort and all he did was annoy it
They probably all catch animals. The brothers just laughed. They weren't blown away like a kid from the city.
hey bro there's one more Caprisun and I was gonna drink it but I wanted to ask you if you wanted it
Hello, opossums really don’t like being scruffed, it’s pretty painful, the most comfortable way to hold them is by the rear. Hope this helps ❤❤
This is the most southern thing I have ever seen
You can tell she’s a “boy” mom I would have lost my entire mind lol 😂
Yes I would of flipped out🤣
Right!!! She Handled It Like A Regular Tuesday 😂
I'm a guy, and I'm sure you would've handled it better than me😅
"Hey mom" "oh lord have mercy" 😆
Human called me a PosSum I am NOT a PosSUM
-moxxie
Lol
I'm actually surprised that he knows how to hold a possum so it doesn't bite him
you can stick your finger in there mouth and they won't bite you.
Oh they do bite. Trust. I know first hand.
@@rudolphmcneill515vv
No way would i ever pick up an opposum im 42 id be deathly scared of that its a wild animal and tears apart garbage bags
@@michaelsuzio4268 and that's a very healthy fear to have. Nothing wrong with that.
Now that’s a real Country Boy, No fear, way to go young man
Lol I'm black so us black people are scared of everything
@@yourboyfoxy668 I’m Black also, I have been running them off for weeks 😂😂
Having olmo fear don’t mean country lmao
@@yourboyfoxy668 yea this is some white people shit
@@melvinmims7343 I’m black I’m country boy I ain’t scared of a fucken rat 🐀
It's a possum, not a toy. They snould not be abusing this animal. Shame on them.
they are not abusing this possum. it’s called scruffing, mothers do it with their babies (most common in cats and ferrets) and it’s a perfectly safe way to handle a possum. the animal isn’t in pain.
@@yiggityyiggity69it’s not just about the handling, it’s the excessive amount of stress the animal experiences. It can costs them their lives
Lighten up Francis.
@yiggityyiggity69 yeah but that tail lift can't be good for them. They're not any kind of reptile, let alone one of the handful of reptiles that can regrow their tails. Even if they're prehensile
Cry
Seriously? Leave wildlife and pets out of your stupid pranks.
That poor possum didn't deserve being manhandled and frightened like that.
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he probs caught the bitch in a trap from tryna kill any live stock
y’all don’t know how to have fun
She was WAY more calm then I would of been.
Would have*
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*Would have 🥴😐
How dare you pick up a snake
@@Sphynx93rknwhy would you comment the same thing the first dude did 🤔
They’re one of the most gentle creatures we have. They get a bad rap for looking mean but they’d rather play dead or flee than fight
People fear what they don't understand
They don’t look “mean” they look hideous lol. “To most”
Yeah y’all have them as pets… kiss them in the mouth and eat them. Whte people are disgusting…
@@quayshawnaustin9335 People kill what they fear.
I only know the cute opossums from Ice Age bc we don't have any in Europe 🤣
Wow this little boy has a bright future ahead of him with animals!
everyone:woah a possum
his mom:ahhhh get it out now!!!
They don’t bite,don’t carry rabies and are the most good temperament opossum.I hope they put him/her back in the wild and left them alone.
Well, they can bite but usually as last resort to get away.
@@roseabee7503 They bite as a last resort and they have 50 sharp teeth, if it bit this kid, they’d try to kill it when it wouldn’t be its fault. Leave the wild animals be.
@@Hajde_budalla I literally said they bite as a last resort....
THEY DO BITES, I TRY TO SCARE THE WHITE POSSUM AWAY, IT GOT ANGRY AND CAME RUNNING AT ME SO I PICK UP A BIG ROCK TO SCARE THEM AWAY AGAIN AND IT TOOK OFF RUNNING CLIMBING UP THE TREES AT NIGHT
@@roseabee7503 last resort would be biting to get away from psychotic family
Now this is the family I was supposed to grow up with!
Right 👍
Tell me about it
Yep!!
You picked the wrong parents 🤷🏾♂️
@@marquiswilliams6251 every minority ever tho 🤣 I’m also a minority so take offense or don’t Idrc
The boys mom: “Oml, is he alive?”
My mom: “WHY DA FU U BRING A DAM POSSUM IN DA HOUSE”!!!!!!!
This young man is being raised correctly…a big congratulations to his family 👍👍👍
She handled it better than most women 👏
That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw this video.
She’s like, “what you bring home this time?” Bet last week was a big old rattle snake. Nothin really new it seems like
so true I would've screamed and ran....
She handled this better then most men who grew up in the city. I know guys that scream and jump on chairs when they see a damn mouse.
She cool af
That's a good way to give an animal unnecessary stress.
Literally. Poor possum. ☹️
If in return the boy will have more courage I am all for it
Poor animals who live in the wild and fight for life every day, i hope that unnecasary stress dosent hurt them 😢
@@ifif5168 I think about that all the time
If nobody ever caught and handled animals, we would know nothing about them. We wouldn't get anywhere close to learning about new species. Perhaps that boy has an interest in animals and will have a career in biology or zoo in his future. Meanwhile, all you can do is complain about a young kid doing something dumb on the internet. 😊
The moms reaction says it all 😂
The mom screamed in all lowercases 😂
The little brother always got the most character 😂😂 “heyyyy mom!”😂
Dommer
That’s some real southern shit bc my wife would have leaped in the air screamed. Told my kids to run for there lives. Cursed me out for bringing rabies in the house and threatened to leave me in a divorce 😂
Dead ass 🤣
😂LMFAO😂
Only in Arkansas
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Me too. Don't bring a mice in my house.
You actually bought a possum that’s cool that’s a cool prank bro have a cool day
He's drooling because he probably has rabies. 😄
They don’t carry rabies bc their temperature isn’t right for it
Actually, rabies is almost unheard of in possums, the virus usually can’t survive in their organism due to their body temperature being lower than it is for most mammals (it’s also why you won’t ever see, say, a snake or other reptile catch rabies).
That being said, they often drool when playing dead to make it look like they died from rabies to try and get whatever was bothering them to leave them alone. Even if they don’t know what it exactly is, every other animal knows to avoid rabid animals (even those that are dead), so the stratagem usually works.
@@BananaChicken21 Actually, you don't know what you're talking about.
Possums can’t carry rabies.
@@doctorbuga4302 Uh-huh, sure. Guess that’s why the NPS’ official website has an article that says just that, but what do they know compared to some rando on the Internet, huh ?
it can cause spinal damage to carry him like that. it is very rare for opossums to carry rabies because their body temp is too low. just pick it up please.
Holding by the scruff of the neck like that is correct but holding them by the base of the tail isn't so great for them.
i think i meant the tail one originally but forgot to specify :)@@WizardWithNoMana
Yeah it doesn’t seem nice the way he’s carrying it as if it’s a toy.
Kid handled that like a BOSS
like a boss,isn't handling something and hurting it 😭
No no the Little man didn't hurt the animal he handled it with care and I'm sure he let it go after scarring his MOM a little bit .nice to see him playing outside and learning about wildlife instead of a video game in his hand much Respect to this family for bringing there boys up the right way
@@briananthony2756 🙄
Ppl who feel bad for the possum
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2 older brothers at school be like: “yah that’s our little brother; no he don’t play sports like us; he can skin a bear faster than you can run around the track though!!!” Super cool 😎 makes me miss my little brother a lot! RIP Kyle ❤
He’s a brave little man 😊
20 years from now he gone fight a bear n win
Yep, I'm not picking that up until I put a bullet between his eyes, and then scoop it up with a shovel 🤣🤣🤣
@@chantrellasmith6002 you mean join a race war against non whtes 😆😆😆
@@chantrellasmith6002 Idk bout that one unless he got a gun and some distance anybody is finished
Yt pepo
Possum was like hurry up kid I gotta go perform at Lester's Possum Park 😂 #thevirginrose
"Howdy kids! Whoooo's your favorite pooossuuumm?!"
@@justineseitzinger5340 lol 🤣 gotta love The Goofy Movie 🍿
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Possums are adorable, change my mind
That's a beautiful family, to not yell at the boy, lucky kid 🥹
You can tell which kid in the family enjoys the wildlife and outdoors the most.😂 Good for him.
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They like them possum roast. Just type in how to cook possum
@@realitybites1253 no. you are a murderer
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@Mark Ver Not probably but definitely. You wonder why there are always diseases spreading in America
That's how young men played in my day. Wild animals, spiders, snakes, etc were cool and any boy who picked them up became a God on the playground. Bravo to that young man!💯
Yes it was called the 90s and very early 2000s till computers became mainstream.
The possum is sooo cute omg 😭❤️
They ARE cute! I fell in love w/ mine before we caught them all & set them free! My Mama would've said, "He's so ugly he's cute!" 😂 She would've been like this Mom! She came of age in the Great Depression days. 13 y/o when it began. Her Daddy was a truck farmer, but he would occasionally catch a (o)possum, pen it up & feed it corn & probably some of the mule's oats until the scavenged food was out of it's system. Than a black man (not a slur or implication, just what was true) would buy it for his family's supper.
Mom has 3 sons with southern accents, she’s so indifferent to the shit they be doing because southern kids are just different
The kid: Look mom I brought home supper!"🤣🤣🤣🤣
U right they probably eatin it she asked is it dead with the fake scared face
Stop it they are not Chinese.
@@sherry1934 🤣🤣🤣
The mother’s reaction is relatively calm.
If most sons did that, they could have their mothers in a hostage like situation and get anything they want from her (video games ordered, favorite pair of expensive sneakers, pizzas ordered, etc)…I mean once the mothers feel the coasts are clear and the possums are put away there’ll be a spike in the obituary business, but hey 🤷🏾♂️
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She's probably used to things like this cuz the house is full of boys 🤣
If most sons did that they wouldn't get anything but being screamed at to gtfo and an earth shattering whooping
Next video: my mom threw away my possum
Blud took the game "adopt me" from roblox to another level🥶
They do not have a scruff and picking them up like that can be extremely painful and even cause spinal damage.
O whoops
I agree. This was too much to put the possum through for grins and chuckles. Making a hero out of antics like this is not good instruction for youth.
@@whalesong999we have dominion over animals
She seems so used to the antics. Lol she's like this is as much energy y'all getting tonight.
Oh lord please have mercy got me rolling on the floor and bro really does have balls of steel
Careful when holding opossums! Make sure to never hold them by their tail (he seemed to keep weight off the tail, but still.) younger opossums can hold their weight with their tails, but older ones get their spine hurt from that because of being to heavy.
Be kind to all animals. And respect their right to freedom.
Agree
But abort babies right
Great Post Robyn! Love all the animals!
Exchange your freedom for there s
even better be KIND to PEOPLE and dont judge their TH-cam clip without cause
Gotta love southern families 😂😂😂
Typical American... How does possum meat taste like? I saw videos of you people cooking possum and you guys actually eat those things. How is it?
@@realitybites1253 bruh just cuz someones southern doesnt mean they eat road kill and fuck their cousins...
@@krygerm Exclusively for rednecks
@@realitybites1253 rednecks and hillbillys 😅
Opossum: chill 😎
Ahhhh! Hes drooling!
Yeah, he’s a opossum!
Opossums head: ⏪
She nowhere near scared! She done caught, killed, and skinned a few in her day! 😂😂😂
My suburban ass mom would’ve flipped her shit😂
You pick an opossum up by holding him like you would a cat or puppy. Gently.
Yeah, don't linger while holding them like that. Letting it down into a box would relieve the stress. That was not as cool to do as they make out.
Okay so as someone whose actually encountered feral possums, don't fucking hold em like a puppy because again they are wild animals and will bite you. You can even see in the video the possum lunging at the kid I've had one bite a crowbar I put next to it. I love possums but the ones your talking about being held like a puppy have to be domestic or raised from early age. So don't listen to either one of these people they aren't puppies you wanna grab with both hands freely.
@@cjpk6843these people are idiots that have no clue about wild life lmao
And get bit harshly 😑
Yeah right! A wild possum will bite you and it doesn’t feel like a puppy bite.
That possums scared asf like this ain’t ever happen before 😂
Me personally if I was the possum, I would not take that level of disrespect
Awww what a brave kid but becareful please 🥺 I hope y’all treating the possum good after that. Such a slow and misunderstood creature, bless em.
We are always carful and we give them plenty of food before we release them
@@judesoutdoors6198 good bless you guys 🥰
The kid shouldn't have to fear, after all, the opossums are just big scaredy cats
Slow possums are not as slow as you think they are sure most of the time they just kind of Link along not moving very fast reach down and grab one by the tail it can whip around and have you like that this is a country kid he knows what the hell he's doing us country boys grow up like that but don't think that possum wouldn't mess you up if it got the second it needed to get you yeah they're not slow
Good job Annie. Opossums are good critters
Possums are probably one of the most misunderstood animals out there. They can look really vicious, but biting you is the last thing they want to do. Plenty of common neighborhood animals will bite you long before a possum does.
Yeah but it’s not really a good enough reason to treat a wild life like it’s safe. We play by different rules than they do as cute or whatever they are to people.
Why would I feel the need to want to understand a possum? 😂
@@GenuineA-HOLEwhy is he picking it up and bringing the animal into the house to show it off for hen? Just leave the animal alone! Possums are harmless and gentle. We need to respect them.
“Ma, look what I caught!”
“I am chaos! I am death! Release me, you miserable little bastard!”
“Aw, how cute!”
I have a bunch of them on our property here. The main thing that makes me sad about this is that they get so scared so easily. They also have poor eyesight so it can't really tell what is going on. I'm surprised it didn't have a heart attack from hearing all of those people around & getting confused. 😕. Please be kind to them. They will take care of so many aweful pests around your property!!!!
The opossum: Okay this is happening
😂😂😂
@@BBguns5213 it’s not funny
@@ARandomTexan yeah the fuck it is. He ain’t hurting it. He’s just holding it. He’s a kid, kids do dumb shit sometimes but that’s what parents are for. Now leave me be 😎
@@BBguns5213 I’m a possum owner and this hurts them
@@ARandomTexan yeah & I’m sure the parents knew that which makes them assholes but I’m laughing at the comment not the situation. Just report the video if you didn’t like it. Don’t act up 😆
Wild Possums are unpredictable and have razor-sharp teeth. They can tear you up. On the plus side, if you have Possum around, you won't have Skunks. Possums chase Skunks away.
I miss scaring my mom with opossums and any other critters I could catch before they could bite me like I was a ham sandwich. I miss those days and I miss my parents so very much.
She was like oh thank goodness something to distract them from me getting caught on my phone when no one was looking
I love how there is no real over reaction in any way. Great family right there
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He really blessed to have his family 😢
I take yours are all dead or something?
Probably has rabies.
You good?
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What no it’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen guess what’s not chewable rabies one bite and it’s a guaranteed death
Mom was wayyyyyyyyy to nice!!! You ain't bringing no possum in my house, PERIOD!!! And im also going to tell my kids not to ever touch a wild rodent like that EVERRRRRR again!
I would have ran and screamed for dear life, no thanks lol🤣🤣
Would take a lot more to scare this mom of 3 boys! I’d be flipping out.
Me too!
That possum could have bit him.
why mess with that poor little guy... leave him alone and let him chill outside... sweet little critter
Poor little buddy :(
I know, he's clearly upset:(
@QRW Sec you know playing possum is a saying for a reason?
@@turtleofpride4572 it's not just a saying they really do play dead ,look it up
@@spencerneal26 they actually don't. . What happens is they go into shock and actually pass out..
They do say they are playing dead yes but they aren't acting they go into a state of shock.
Playing dead is an involuntary response on the part of the opossum. The stress of the confrontation facing the opossum causes him to go into shock. This shock induces a comatose state that can last from 40 minutes to four hours.
@@jammyjoe126 okay that's nice to know i guess
This boy is so brave because possums can attack but this boy is so brave😂
My parents would go crazy if I brought a wild animal into the house even outside they hate getting squirrels and mice
Possum: “sooooo is this where I’m living now?”
BE NICE TO THEM
My mom would of shown you guys the exact definition of "backhand" lol
All that joking around and laughing can turn everything around with one bite!! And you better pray it’s not rabid!!
He's gone be a Veterinarian....🥺🥺
Or a serial killer
Don't hold opossums by the tail. It can injure them
Vegan
Bruh he literally scruffed it and was barely holding the tail if you watch closely stfu
For a few moments and near the base, it's not bad, sometimes the only momentary course available in handling. This video is not good for instruction, very selfish motives here.
@@whalesong999 that kid swung it by its tail, so, no, never grab them solely by the tail, they don’t hang from them like monkeys. If that kid got bitten, it would have served him right, and his parents would have blamed and hurt that opossum. Morons. Luckily it didn’t bit him, but maybe it would taught him a lesson by it that escaped these neglectful parents.
@@Hajde_budallayour a hateful psychopath
That's an opossum. They're docile compared to their Australian cousin, the possum.
That mom must be on many things to be that chill. *Ain't NO WAY!!*
How tf is she so calm ?
They white! & Dumb & retarded asf! Nasty fuckers 🤷♂️🤢🤮
@Blakeavore that’s fucked up cuz 😂
He's sigma that's why
Some people just be used to that kinda stuff.
Why would you be scared of it in the first place
Please teach your children to respect living beings this is ridiculous
Possum when he put him down: 😐
Possum when he picked him up: 😀
Possum when he saw his mum: 🍔🤤
Grabs the possum 😜
Dad opens door 😄
Hey mom 😊😊
The mom sees the possum 😮🫢
The mom: oh lord have mercy 😦🫢🫢
Mom was trying to stay as calm as she could with the shenanigans lol
2 black possums were just in my house 2 minutes ago
Nice
That’s raccoons🦝 then
Actually know what you mean. Some can be mostly black with the typical white faces. I'm raising three orphaned babies at the moment though none are black. I saw most black ones when I lived in Missouri, even a white one near a street in West Plains years ago.
Spookyyy
Why does it matter about the color just say possum correction??
Family of the year metal goes to, THIS family, love everything about this ❤️😂
My sister‘s dream if our mom didn’t know, we had a possum:
* by the way, mom wants to really really wants a possum*
Mother looks like she can be the oldest sister to all of them
👍🏾that's what I was thinking. She's a brave mama too. I would have been screaming all over the place🤦🏾♀️. They seem like a beautiful family though🙏🏾🤗.
I miss my pet possums, just too cute!
OMG I wish my parents would let me do this. I fed one out of my hand at a mall once, but I wish I could do this.😂❤
😮😮😮 dude how is that brave, his parents are letting him bring it in the house, and it's not bitting him.
Be nice to him, they make good buddies.
Let’s make him the most famous man in the 5th grade
I have more subs then he does sorry
The nastiest 5th grader
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My mom would kick me out lol 😂😂😂