Comments on: This Opossum sure has a lot of babies

By: Rewa

Rewa — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:31:55 +0000

Male opossums are called jacks, and females are called jills. The young are referred to as joeys, just like their Australian cousins. A group of opossums is called a passel.

As with most mammals the number will vary, but generally opossums will give birth to between 6-25 young one to three times a year, usually between January and July. Most litters consist of 6 to 9 young. Of these no more than 13 will survive because the mother only has 13 teats with which to feed them. Each joey will latch onto a teat, and those who do not secure a place in their mother’s pouch will starve and die.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:39:52 +0000

Really a very nice display of care from the mother nature..gets you a bit emotional…nature has gifted animals in different ways.

By: The Right Blue

The Right Blue — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:40 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know either that they had so many babies. Hmm — maybe call the posslets? Possitos? Now you’ve got me going and I’ll probably be thinking about this all night!

Anyway, happy Wordless Wednesday.