"My neighbors caught this on their bird feeder camera." Homeowner shares footage of unexpected behavior of opossum in garden: ...

rat-like prehensile tail, which aids in climbing. No wonder they’re so often mistaken for rats of unusual size! But that’s where the similarities between the opossum and rodent end.

The opossum is one of few animals to have a prehensile tail, occasionally utilizing it as an additional arm. It is a myth ...