You ever have a pet rat drag their big ass balls across your face?
Well I haven’t either, but got close with a friend’s pet rat. (Btw,I grew up with dogs, made a living training dogs for some time, was even a “kennel coach” for some time at the local ASPCA!) But rats are pretty dope, and I will preach their awesomeness at any opportunity.
Omg! Is that a little possum‽
(Side note in American, opossum is pronounced with the “O”!!!)
Sure is. Like Cliff said, it’s a Western Pygmy Possum (from social media source).
Pic from Wikipedia :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_pygmy_possum#/media/File:Cercartetus_concinnus_Museums_Victoria.jpg
You rock homie!
I think it’s a bilby. I’ve seen a few of these living out in the sticks and that’s what I know them as.
Their ball bag is huge for their size.
Edit: looks like I’m wrong. See below for corrections
A lot of little mammals are this way, pet rats for example
You ever have a pet rat drag their big ass balls across your face?
Well I haven’t either, but got close with a friend’s pet rat. (Btw,I grew up with dogs, made a living training dogs for some time, was even a “kennel coach” for some time at the local ASPCA!) But rats are pretty dope, and I will preach their awesomeness at any opportunity.
Get more then one! They are social creatures!
Bilbies are much bigger and their ears are huge, they look sort of like a marsupial rabbit with a large tail.
Bunch of pictures from a Taronga Zoo article:
https://taronga.org.au/news/2023-08-29/greater-bilby-numbers-booming
It seems to be a western pygmy possum.
Thank you!
I’m your typical Floridian alligator wrestler type environmentalist. And searched “small possum” picture, to ask my Aussie homie.
I think bilbies are a bit bigger. Definitely not a sugar glider - looks like a possum to me