Authorities rescue an opossum from a bridge in Michigan
@Deepizzaguy (111322)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
June 29, 2025 4:37pm CST
Police officers from the Mackinac County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) and officers from the Mackinac Bridge Authority answered an emergency call about an opossum who was seen on the bridge.
Thanks to the teamwork of the deputies and the bridge employees, the opossum was caught and placed into a cage and taken by the bridge officials to the southern part of the bridge where the opossum was taken to Mackinaw City safely.
Link is upi.com/1261748964743 via @upi
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22h
I am in agreement with you that opossum relies on instinct instead of thinking power like humans do.
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@LindaOHio (192981)
• United States
30 Jun
I'm glad the possum was captured and relocated.
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22h
So am I since opossums are animals that deserve to live.
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun
I am in agreement with you
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@Traceyjayne (2607)
• United Kingdom
30 Jun
pleased that the little fella is safe.
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22h
So am I pleased that the opossum was picked up and taken by the authorities to a safe place in Michigan,
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@innertalks (22942)
• Australia
30 Jun
From the picture, it seems the opossum was smart enough to stay on the footpath, and not on the road. It was good it was rescued, before it took a chance, and went on the road.
@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22h
You are right that the opossum did nit enter the roadway before the authorities arrived to save the animal from getting hurt.
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@Deepizzaguy (111322)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Jun
I like opossums even though I would keep my distance.
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@Ineeddentures (7141)
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29 Jun
beast in bigness of a pig and in taste alike,"
That's how these things were described by English settlers in what is now Virginia back in the 1600,s
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