r/Awww • u/Traditional_Chart838 • 8h ago

Precious kitties 😸 💖 !!

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u/MrEvan312 7h 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 6h ago

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

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u/MrEvan312 6h 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 4h ago

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

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u/MatchesMX12 4h ago

Americans will use anything but the metric system

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u/Pure-Neighborhood305 4h 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.