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Baby opossum rescued from NY soda machine

A baby opossum's instinct to play dead evidently didn't help matters after it got wedged inside a soda machine at an upstate New York fitness club. The animal ran into the Court Jester Athletic Club in Johnson City, N.Y., near Binghamton, and scurried behind a soda machine in the front vestibule Wednesday evening.

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Who thinks this stuff up anyway? A possum festival?
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Florida is festival central and, frankly, we're running out of things to celelbrate. How else to explain a Possum Festival?

Dear Possums... I Surrender!

We've had problems with rabbits and opossums in our garden and frequently set live traps to catch, then release the animals at a nearby park. (Don't tell the gardeners there.

Making Ends Meet in the Great Depression
Source: The New York Times

AT a time when life in America is beginning to resemble a roller-coaster ride on the way down and everyone is trying to find ways to save money, it may be instructive — both in terms of offering helpful hints and putting things in perspective — to look at how people ran their …

Cat shot 27 times - and lives
Source: cairns.com.au

THE relentless torture of a pet cat that was shot 27 times at point-blank range in the head and neck with an air rifle has outraged animal welfare authorities.

Posey Possum and Surly

The smily clerk at the wildlife park happily announced that there were many new babies to see at the nursery and Surly was out today. I paid for entry and went through the wooden door to the park. A large sign showed correct and incorrect ways to feed the animals.

From s-bend to YouTube: a possum's tale
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

When it comes to toilets, there's a simple directional rule: everything goes downstream. When things move against the tide, then you have problems.

From s-bend to YouTube: a possum's tale - web - Technology - smh.com.au
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

When it comes to toilets, there's a simple directional rule: everything goes downstream. When things move against the tide, then you have problems.

Daughter Reports Mother as Dead; Playing-Dead Mother Turns in Daughter for Attack
Source: KCCI

A northern Iowa woman accused of trying to kill her mother with a frying pan has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.

Boy Survives Moose Attack Thanks To World Of Warcraft
Source: Wired News

Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, recently survived a moose attack by feigning death, "just like you learn at level 30 in World of Warcraft."

You Sleep Less than You Think You Do. But an Australian can Sleep 367 Days
Source: Bits of News

Research shows that we sleep less than we think we do. One Australian, on the other hand, can snooze for more than a year straight.

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