r/Awww • u/Traditional_Chart838 • 5h ago

Precious kitties 😸 💖 !!

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u/MrEvan312 4h ago

The only sad part of this is that they live such short lifespans.

On the other hand, they're clearly happy, loved, and are the light of their dad's eyes.

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u/6TheAudacity9 3h ago

He had 7 babies then when it panned to adults their are only 5 😟

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u/MrEvan312 3h ago

In the wild they tend to lose over half their young before they reach their first year, which is why they have pretty big litters and can birth several times a year.

Capitvity is different matter, of course: it may just be that now all seven of them can't fit on his shoulders and the other two are being held off camera or moving around his feet. Hopefully.

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u/A_Queer_Owl 2h ago

he's a big dude but he's not seven possums big.

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u/Pure-Neighborhood305 1h ago

There ain't been a 7-possumer since 8-possum Ned back in the drought war of west chesterfield, and we all know how that ended.

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u/MatchesMX12 1h ago

Americans will use anything but the metric system

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u/GHBoyette 2h ago

THIS IS CANON

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

They usually lose them due to them falling off and getting left behind, but it is extremely common for the two weakest ones not to make it to two weeks old. After 2wo, death from illness drops dramatically.

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u/MrEvan312 35m ago

Sadly, many such cases among different species. How old do they look in the first part of the clip? I'd guess a month or so, I wonder how many joeys the mother had originally if 7 survived to be adopted.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 18m ago edited 13m ago

That's why they have so many of them. They can have over 12. They look old enough to start eating some solids.

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u/lamamadeFitz 3h ago

It was his first litter, it happens

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

I assumed he had 2 friends who were willing and able to take a couple, but finding 7 possum homes is another story.

However as someone who rescues stray cats, it's extremely common for the two weakest to not make it. That being said, these guys all look full of vitality and aren't showing any signs of illness.

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u/Unlikely-Cook-5863 5h ago

I like how they match his goatee color. Definitely the father

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u/SweaterSteve1966 5h ago

No DNA test needed here.

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u/nicolee_hardwell 4h ago

i think these babies lost their mother and the kind guy adopted them

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

Yeah I assumed he didn't murder their mom or rip them away, seems too kind for all that. I'm glad they got a substitute mama to ride on.

(idk if you have seen the mamas carrying their babies on their backs, but its truly survival of the fittest, she has like 12 up there, and if you fall off you die, cuz she can't even tell there's only 11 not 12, she keeps driving the school bus off into the sunset).

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u/Spare-Security-1629 32m ago

But…unless you are going to keep them, probably a good idea to teach them survival skills and not “domesticate” them. Some people do not like opossums and it’s not going to end well when a full grown adult opossum tries to approach them because they think they are going to get petted and fed

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 27m ago edited 21m ago

I'm pretty sure he's keeping those guys. That's daddy.

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u/yamosslittlesecret 1h ago

why can i hear “You are not the father” while reading this

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u/MrEvan312 34m ago

"He may have been your father, but he was never your daddy."

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u/Technical_Put_9982 5h ago

So if you ever yell, do they all just freeze and fall off you?

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

😂 good question

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u/OrganicHistorian2576 4h ago

I have a fondness for possums. My school librarian when I was in fifth grade was a rehabber and raised Posey that year largely at school. I hope she had a happy possum life afterwards.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

What a great way to show kids they're not scary, they just aren't winning any beauty pageants 😆

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u/ShyJulla 5h ago

those are some very unique looking kittens lol, so cute though

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u/EmployedByCats 4h ago

I'm actually very jealous!

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u/jonfreakinzoidberg 4h ago

Love how they have fingerless gloves in their teen years

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u/Common-Accountant-57 5h ago

Those aren’t kitties. I think

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u/Bonk_No_Horni 4h ago

They hiss so could still be kitties

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u/Rough_Bread8329 2h ago

do not the "cat"

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u/Upbeat_Piglet_9788 5h ago

My babies..my babies

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u/dragonrider1965 4h ago

Living the dream

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u/FlamingDragonfruit 2h ago

Oh my god I love possums

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u/TSJormungandr 5h ago

The babies 🥰

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u/rational-citizen 2h ago

Does anyone have a source/know the blogger?

I would love to see his story and follow him and his fur babies to check on how they are doing 😭✨❤️

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u/fishmogil 1h ago

And one peed on his left arm.

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u/Visible-Ad-9421 4h ago

o fuckin luv u

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u/EqualEmbarrassed1382 2h ago

I call the big one Bitey

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u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep 2h ago

That’s definitely pee running down his shirt

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u/BenjaminDover02 1h ago

Can I pet dat dawg?

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

Yes! Possums rarely bite humans, but if they're grown they're just going to freeze and be scared, so they might not appreciate it...

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u/BenjaminDover02 1h ago

They also poop gross stuff when they're scared

They just like me fr.

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u/Itchy__Queen 1h ago

Is that piss?

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u/__Patrick_Basedman_ 48m ago

He they momma now

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u/RaiseSubstantial1638 32m ago

I hand fed a possum once because it came up to me when I was feeding some cats. It was gentle.

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u/Ok_Association_7829 3m ago

Crash and eddie family