"An adorable conveyor belt": Watch these opossums use their prehensile tails to gather nesting materials

These are the cutest, wildest construction workers I've ever seen. I'm talking about opossums, of course, one of my all time favorite animals, and the only marsupial native to North America. The Opossum Society of the United States explains that both male and female opossums build elaborate nests, even though they often will only spend a few days in any den before heading to their next destination. — Read the rest
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