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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Possums are like the common internet gremlin's spirit animal: awkward, eats garbage, plays dead when someone attempts to socialize, generally nocturnal, not a huge fan of cars, etc. This makes them inherently relatable, but also cute enough and distant enough to be a good candidate for a meme.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

and although they make a bluster and seem scary, they are not into biting you or ruining your day. They don't spread disease and they eat all the types of bugs people hate.