Reply To: Interesting and Uncommon Facts

well, for one – we’ll bring our buddies in the opossum family here.

oomis1105

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This is from my husband – did you know that you can fit 14 newly-born opossums on a teaspoon (or maybe it’s a tablespoon). Why you might WANT to, i will never know, but you COULD…

Newborn opossums are smaller than a dime.

Newborn opossums are so small you could fit 24 of them into a teaspoon!

But you wanna know why?

After a pregnancy of only 12-13 days, the tiny, naked newborns, smaller than a dime, crawl up through their mother’s belly fur and into her pouch. Here they attach to a nipple and continue to develop. After about 2 months the young opossums, now bright eyed and fully-furred, crawl out of the pouch and onto their mother’s back.

and i said i had a good one but i needa use the key word for hangman first. so after that game i’ll put it up.