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Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:13 pm
by LibraryLady2
As you should recall, we put out the night camera on a regular basis.
We have several possums that come by--one whose pouch is obviously full of babies.

One night a possum came by and I thought curl I saw was a baby's tail protruding from the pouch.
However she came back more than once and the camera shows it was not a tail, but ??? round in her abdomen.
What the heck is going on with this possum? I have cut cropped the photo to show the strange sight in this image.

Can someone enlighten me on what I am seeing in these photos?

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Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:28 pm
by Red Oak
Hernia ?

Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 1:31 pm
by LibraryLady2
hahaha
I thought "chemo port?"

Strangest darn thing I have seen. Husband suggested alien. (if you know the movie)

Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:16 pm
by grouchy
Prolapsed rectum or uterus?

Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:21 pm
by LibraryLady2
My friend suggests that the possum has some container spout stuck to its fur.

Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:41 pm
by zoomzoomklunk
That may be a coiled tail of one of the youngsters in her pouch.
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Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:02 pm
by LibraryLady2
Those coiled tails look like that could be it.

Re: Wildlife guys--help solve mystry please

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:04 am
by grouchy
LibraryLady2 wrote:Those coiled tails look like that could be it.

Yes.