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by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on April 28th, 2008
I was gonna be a smartass and say "A few state lines" (which is actually kinda true), but after a little peek at both in wikipedia, it appears Australia has little critters that are officially Possums(so named due to their resemblance to the Opossum), while the Americas have the Opossum varieties.
Nice Q! Learn something new every day
Left - Possum
Right - Opossum
by Philip on April 29th, 2008
One tastes like chicken.
by the Otter on April 29th, 2008
One’s Irish. ;-)
(Seriously, Chesterz’s answer is great. Thanks!)
by DudeLer on April 29th, 2008
so in the usa, if we play dead, we play opossum?
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thanks! reading up on it on wikipedia is what made me think to post the question in the first place! glad i could share in my learning experience!! lol!!
by Nathan Explosion on April 28th, 2008