Opossum

Cool Facts About Animals

Cool Facts About Animals Podcast

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🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we get pretty confused talking about opossums v. possums - because they sound the same! We sort it out with the help of Jaguar's helpful poem. We also learn about why they play dead and why it's so confusing, other gross defense mechanisms, and lots of other cool facts.

Our friends at Nature Nerds are going to be putting out an episode on opossums too! Be sure to check it out.

Thanks to Cristian for being our Patreon sponsor! If you'd like to financially support us, check out our page here: https://www.patreon.com/coolfactsaboutanimals

You can find a picture of the adorable cross-eyed opossum here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/heidi-the-cross-eyed-opossum-becomes-a-star-in-germany/

Don't forget to answer our creature quiz or do our kid challenge! Send us a message at @coolanimalspod on Twitter or email us at [email protected]

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cool Facts About Animals. Today we have Clara. I'm Clara, I'm Clara, I'm Clara, okay, okay.
0:07.3	And I'm Corderly. I did a lot of research this time. And we have, of course, me, and the most famous person on Earth, Jackler.
0:17.0	I'll give it up for Jaguar! And then Grady and Mommy.
0:22.6	Hi guys.
0:23.6	All right.
0:24.6	Today, before we get started, we have a Patreon sponsor to thank.
0:28.6	So Jaguar, you want to take it away?
0:30.6	I'm going to give a poem to you.
0:32.6	This Patreon sponsor is Christian.
0:34.6	And here's his poem.
0:35.6	Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian.
0:41.4	See, it rhymes, doesn't it? Jaguar, we've talked about this a bunch. It has to be slightly different.
0:47.3	Like, the end should sound the same, but the beginning should sound different. So, like, Christian, Listian, is a rhyme.
0:54.0	No. That doesn't sound like Christian, though, Miam Listern is a rhyme. No.
0:55.1	That doesn't sound like Christian, though, ma'am, ma'am, it's Lichten.
0:59.5	Rhynd you're supposed to sound like words.
1:01.7	Or like words that sound the same, right?
1:03.8	Okay, Jaguar.
1:04.6	Let's talk about it again later.
1:05.9	I thought we had come to an understanding about this, but I guess not.
1:09.3	But Christian, thank you so much for being a Patreon sponsor.
1:12.1	And thank you so much for making me rich, ma'am, meow. I hope you got my picture, the picture of my garden shed.
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