In Defense of Opossums - A TWRC Education Video

As a wildlife rehabilitation and education facility, we see and hear every day how the public is misinformed, or uninformed, with respect to the opossum. Designed for children and adults, this video has been created as an education tool to show the opossum as it truly is, present facts, and to dispel some of the myths about this wonderful creature. TWRC is an urban wildlife emergency and rehabilitative care facility serving the Greater Houston area. Established in 1979, TWRC focuses on conservation, public education, and wildlife rehabilitation, and is operated by part-time staff and volunteers who are permitted rehabilitators and animal lovers. TWRC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which receives no federal or state funding. Because of this, we rely on individual, corporate, and foundation contributions to continue our efforts in preserving and caring for Texas wildlife. Visit us at www.twrc-houston.org or call 713-468-8972 to learn how you can become a volunteer or donate to our organization.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Texas
• wildlife
• animal
• opossum
• nonprofit
• conservation
• preservation
• education
• possum
• marsupial

[Dangbacon22]

I love opossums. Love the vid. I feed a opossum that lives under my deck!

[happyjoe4ever]

Your video was very awesome and thank you 4 telling people what I have said all along. Which is: Possums are cool. Why would you hate a possum, I mean give me a break; they're great you know people?

[dizzygemini86]

cool vid i absolutely hated possums but after watching this vid i dont anymore and glad i watched it..the only bad thing is if they invade your home you have to get rid of them because the mountain of shit they leave behind has a strong foul odor and can grow infectious bacteria that will spread in your house. I dont know if you forgot to add this part in your vid.

[BeadKnots]

Thank you for such a great video !

[Crissrb]

Lovely video :)

[Discordia5]

@happyjoe4ever and SOOOOO cute especially when they're babies... people think they're ugly because they only spot them at night when their faces are twisted in horror with headlights reflected in their eyeballs (or worse yet, roadkill)

[yukispon]

Awww... see... not so scary... 

[FilmerOfBobcats]

Only 2 years?? That's surprising. We have some huge ones in my area, and I guess I thought it took longer for them to reach that size. One of them has a head as big as a terrier!

[sdoby1]

Great video, am fostering 5 now, a man shot the mom because he thought she had

rabies.....You know their body temp is too low to harbor the rabies virus.

[Kohei2501]

@FlyBikes089

I agree ! Wonderful !

[Darkstarfoxx]

Very educational and informative. Before I saw this i knew slim to none about Opossums and thought they were useless pests that run around at night on the street. I have one that shows up and runs around in my backyard every so often and I hated it, now im glad there's one around to eat all the roaches and all the other unwanted bugs back there haha Opossums rule!

[betsybeck1]

What an awesome video...so helpful to learn about them. If we know and understand then we do not fear. How about raccoons? Another wonderful backyard creature we should know about. They are so important to our balance as well. Wish some wildlife agency would do a video on them as well. Keep up the good work and we support you 100%!