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Baby Opossum Wins Strawberry Lottery

(ANIMAL VIDEO) “Five whole strawberries. All for me. I never believed it could happen!” — Global Animal

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School Teaches Abuse Over Compassion

(KIDS AND ANIMALS) While most kids learn science and math in school, the kids in New Zealand’s Uruti School are learning how to dress up dead possums in bikinis. The school is in hot water after holding a very bizarre fundraiser which consisted of a fashion show featuring dead possums dressed up by children. While possums are protected in Australia, they are unfortunately considered a pest in New Zealand. Read on to find out the school principal’s explanation for why she let this happen. — Global Animal

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Possum Loves Strawberries

(ANIMAL VIDEO) This possum, who was abandoned as a baby, loves to munch on a good strawberry snack. The verdict is in: possums love strawberries. — Global Animal 

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Possums Provide Potential End To Disease?

(ANIMAL NEWS) — Will possums soon be able to cause immortality amongst us humans? Not quite, but the protein they produce, LTNF, has been proven to seek out and neutralize deadly poisons in the body. Tests have been done on just one other type of animal, mice, and the protein was able to kill off the diseases and fortunately leave the mice completely unharmed. While this animal testing was conducted more than ten years ago, animal rights activists lie baffled as journalists continue to ponder whether or not this creature could provide a whole new world for humans, and the tests live on.  — Global Animal

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Animals With Cameras (Gallery)

(ANIMAL PICTURES) While it may be hard to get animals to pose for pictures, these animals seem eager to be the ones taking the photos. Check out these adorable pictures of animals and cameras. — Global Animal

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Possum Faces Extinction, Twice

AUSTRALIA- The Leadbeater’s possum was thought to be extinct in the 1950s, then rediscovered. So why are today’s remaining 100 possums once again on the brink of extinction?

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Possums Brought In For Rat Problem Ignore Rats, Multiply Out Of Control

NEW YORK– Don’t fool with mother nature: Years ago Brooklyn city officials imported opossums to get rid of the rat population, expecting them to eat the rats and then die off. Not such a good idea. Not only are the rats still thriving, but now the opossums have taken over the city.

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