• smashboy@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    He’s cute, but I don’t know about happy 😅 Isn’t the wide open mouth baring the teeth a threat display in opossums?

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      1 year ago

      I’m sure this is some kind of defensive behavior, I think they hiss to try to scare you off before playing dead? I’ll be the first to admit that the title is not meant to be a scientifically accurate description of his emotional state.