A possum checks out our wood supply
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (376128)
Rockingham, Australia
November 18, 2025 9:03am CST
We camped with our Bavarian friends in Dryandra forest not far from the farm where I grew up. We’ve camped there before and, once darkness falls, the little marsupials are likely to come visiting.
Sure enough, once we’d settled down by the fire after dinner, a brushtail possum and a woylie came fossicking around for any scraps or crumbs that we might have dropped. The photo is of the possum. I think they are much prettier than the American opossum but of course I’m pretty biased. This one checked out our supply of wood.
The photo doesn’t show his bushy tail but it’s there. Lol The underparts are a creamy white.
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@DaddyEvil (170939)
• United States
18 Nov
I agree, the Australian possum is a lot cuter. 
Ours look mangy in comparison.
Ours look mangy in comparison.3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (170939)
• United States
19 Nov
@JudyEv I agree, they can't help how they look. They look interesting carrying their babies around on their backs.
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@Marilynda1225 (89638)
• United States
18 Nov
I agree 100% that your possum is way cuter than our American ones. Ours are definitely ugly in comparison.
Your picture is cute of your possum checking out the wood.
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@moffittjc (127932)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Nov
Your possums sure look a lot different than ours! Yours are actually cute. Ours are scraggily looking.
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@moffittjc (127932)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov
@JudyEv It's funny though, no one here calls them opossums. Everyone just says possums. I actually live next to a creek called Possum Creek. And on the other side of me is another creek called Turkey Creek.
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@LindaOHio (217836)
• United States
19 Nov
He's a cutie. I like ours too. They do a lot of good in a yard.
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@porwest (111866)
• United States
25 Nov
@JudyEv I am not sure. I know our opossums are marsupials. I am pretty sure they are not in the same family though. I could be wrong. In other words, I think the words are not interchangeable either. For example, a possum is not an opossum, and an opossum is not a possum. If that makes sense. lol
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@FourWalls (84517)
• United States
18 Nov
Y’all’s possums are much cuter than ours. I wish possums (beneficial animals) and raccoons (“pests” to some) would exchange appearances. 
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@RasmaSandra (95919)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Nov
Next time give him a saw and tell him to get to work and make more wooed
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17313)
• Torrington, Connecticut
18 Nov
Lol he is making sure the wood is dry
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