Mother opossum calling to orphaned babies

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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
  • This opossum is recovering from a head injury, and already has ten babies in her pouch. When she heard three new orphan opossum arrivals making baby opossum "pish" distress calls, she responded with mom opossum "lip smacking" behavior. This sound is used when babies become separated from mom to help them find her again, and male opossums make a similar sound when courting a female. Even though mom seems interested in these youngsters, she has plenty to take care of already. She won't be adopting three more right now, although we might give it a try when her own babies are eating on their own.

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  • @LisaAHavekost
    @LisaAHavekost 6 років тому +722

    So sweet, even injured she is caring for her babies and wants to take care of the orphaned ones. Good momma!

  • @livelybubbs6242
    @livelybubbs6242 5 років тому +401

    Now, that’s what we call *SMACC talk*

    • @ergosumadrieyl2927
      @ergosumadrieyl2927 4 роки тому +10

      This is the worst thing I’ve ever read in my life lol respectfully.

  • @Yoachan
    @Yoachan 8 років тому +434

    So this is the sound I heard outside of my house at 6am. I was really worried it was a burglar or something trying to get in.

    • @h.plovecat4307
      @h.plovecat4307 4 роки тому +71

      Plot twist: it WAS a robber and he was calling out to your valuables.

    • @pristinepastel
      @pristinepastel 10 місяців тому +4

      i don't blame you, this mama sounds like a pair of bolt cutters lollo

  • @ultimate_animal_showdown
    @ultimate_animal_showdown 5 років тому +352

    I actually didn’t know opossums make a scissors cutting noise oof

    • @mkhan2339
      @mkhan2339 4 роки тому +31

      Ultimate Animal Showdown yes, great description of the sound

    • @jimpease280
      @jimpease280 Рік тому +4

      That's the sound I make when calling our yard oppossum O.P.

    • @mauzawa
      @mauzawa Рік тому +2

      the sound is so satisfying tho

    • @trayne8814
      @trayne8814 Рік тому

      u mean a click noise i didn’t no scissoring sound just a clicking sound

  • @whalesong999
    @whalesong999 6 років тому +299

    Thanks for posting this. Opossums rarely get intimate glimpses into their more subtle behaviors and this is a fine one. Worth it to note that the males also will make a "click" noise when browsing. I've had several male 'guests', one who would prowl around the house making a clicking sound that was almost electric in intensity, sort of like snapping a credit card against a table top.

  • @WolfGoddess77
    @WolfGoddess77 4 роки тому +207

    Aww! I didn't know mother opossums would adopt orphan babies! Even with an extremely full plate, she still wants to do something about them.

  • @AlleyCatGhost
    @AlleyCatGhost 4 роки тому +87

    man it's so interesting how the babies react to the sound instantly, instincts are really something

  • @JussyLeeTeeVee
    @JussyLeeTeeVee 7 років тому +310

    I had no idea opossums madethat sound. What a good mama! Thank you for this video.

  • @exilemike
    @exilemike 6 років тому +177

    I want a baby possum, they are so cute. I'm always nice to them and they play an important role in the ecosystem, I wish other people would be more understanding of them and not be mean to them.

    • @TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_
      @TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_ 3 роки тому +1

      When they get into your chicken coop and kill 15 chickens - it’s a pleasure to trap them and shoot them

    • @peasoff9110
      @peasoff9110 3 роки тому +21

      @@TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_ what the fuck bro

    • @peasoff9110
      @peasoff9110 3 роки тому +18

      @@TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_ u are crazy or some shit? They support the environment, they are not pests

    • @zacharyhonachi2166
      @zacharyhonachi2166 3 роки тому +14

      @@TurkeyCreekjackjohnson_ When a human gets inside your chicken coop, it's fun to trap and shoot them. Human meat is mmmmmhmmmmm delicious.

    • @roaridanbuzerak8761
      @roaridanbuzerak8761 3 роки тому +2

      @@zacharyhonachi2166 all animals taste delicious. its about the preperation though. whether it is human meat or dog meat or even chicken its all about how you prepare it. animals eat other animals. its not all to wrong to eat eachother we just morally look down upon. thats why i think vegans are stupid. they think animals dont eat other animals but they do.

  • @ItsMeHello555
    @ItsMeHello555 2 роки тому +54

    What a good momma! I hope she had a full recovery. Bless her.

  • @plok7533
    @plok7533 3 роки тому +38

    It's so cute, it's like she's blowing kisses at them.

  • @nat9380
    @nat9380 5 років тому +42

    opossums are the sweetest animals 💜

  • @richardbenitez7803
    @richardbenitez7803 6 років тому +62

    Opossums are so cute. They are amazingly compatible with humans, at least do not seem to fear humans. Other videos I’ve seen show them as pets.

  • @brunobucciaratiswife
    @brunobucciaratiswife 5 років тому +27

    Possums are so cute.

  • @daystar3886
    @daystar3886 6 років тому +36

    She's a good mother 😀

  • @deannekliene2673
    @deannekliene2673 5 років тому +26

    How cute! Its sad though, shes worried about them....

  • @richardpidgeon6936
    @richardpidgeon6936 3 роки тому +13

    😍😍😍 Opossum Mammas are the best! What a good girl trying to settle down the little orphans

  • @YouKnowMeDuh
    @YouKnowMeDuh 2 роки тому +9

    I love how she's tasting the air.

  • @wompol7117
    @wompol7117 5 років тому +30

    Do they normally accept extra babies? I ask as I have a mama with six and a single orphan the same size I would love to offer if she would not hurt it

  • @jasemalvis2140
    @jasemalvis2140 3 роки тому +9

    Human brings orphans home
    Mom Possum: oh hey. Those three are mine.
    Human: you already have yours
    Mom: THEYRE MINE

  • @laceawho3530
    @laceawho3530 3 роки тому +8

    I love her. I would die for her. I will live my life for her.

  • @countkilroygraf8816
    @countkilroygraf8816 5 років тому +84

    Animals often have more humanity than humans.

    • @georgemoore8832
      @georgemoore8832 Рік тому +1

      About 85% of the time

    • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
      @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Рік тому

      I find it wild that we describe simple altruism as “humanity”
      It’s always gotta come back to us

  • @shanewickham8667
    @shanewickham8667 4 роки тому +8

    Learned something new today thanks.

  • @anitarice9609
    @anitarice9609 4 роки тому +8

    I love opossums♥️

  • @99PowerNation99
    @99PowerNation99 4 роки тому +3

    Aww her babies are so cute. The Mommy is so so sweet to her babies

  • @rickschlessenger3464
    @rickschlessenger3464 Рік тому +1

    💗💗💗💗💗💗Such a good Mama clicking for the babies💗💗It stinks that the lifespan is 4 years.💗💗I love possums💗💗💗💗💗💗

  • @Tovek
    @Tovek 3 роки тому +2

    Opossums are such sweet, adorable fuzzy derps.

  • @LackofAmbition
    @LackofAmbition 3 роки тому +5

    WOAH I used to hear this at my grandparents house all the time in southern Michigan. Always thought it was bugs.

    • @Zincink
      @Zincink 2 роки тому +1

      wow same - it was pretty close too

  • @sarafrey2505
    @sarafrey2505 Рік тому

    This is just too sweet for words. Opossums are the most unique animals. So so precious 🥰

  • @cindydufala7646
    @cindydufala7646 4 роки тому +2

    This is why i came to find video as i heard this last night. Right next door. I saw it on the side vent of neighboring home. Thanks. It was dark i sure heard it and thought it was a cat stuck up in there. Yep. Definitely an opossum.

  • @leenahusa1806
    @leenahusa1806 9 місяців тому

    Opossum babies might be one of the cutest animal babies ever

  • @gabriellasteele727
    @gabriellasteele727 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the adorable video! As a new baby possum sitter, I wanted to know the sounds a mom would make to communicate with her babies. Most of the videos out there show defensive behaviors like hissing. All I can think is, my dude, they wouldn’t be hissing at you if you hadn’t cornered them. They’re such cuties!

  • @mjremy2605
    @mjremy2605 Рік тому

    Good job with the rescues! So kind and compassionate. I love possums!!

  • @critterallywithjohnernest.
    @critterallywithjohnernest. 2 роки тому +2

    What a 🍯 honey bun. Squirrels and opossums are my two favorites!

  • @WarMasterX6
    @WarMasterX6 4 роки тому +3

    Hope they took to their adopted mom.

  • @w0rmg0rl
    @w0rmg0rl Рік тому +1

    "This sound is used when babies become separated from mom to help them find her again, and male opossums make a similar sound when courting a female." so what you're saying is opossums also have the concept of "hey baby"

  • @GangGang-lz8gr
    @GangGang-lz8gr 3 роки тому +2

    Possums are gorgeous ♥️♥️

  • @carolyns4519
    @carolyns4519 4 роки тому +1

    It's like she's blowing kisses to them!

  • @rebeccafreeman9883
    @rebeccafreeman9883 4 роки тому +2

    Oh my goodness, they're so cute!!!

  • @suryashakamuri
    @suryashakamuri 4 роки тому +2

    Mother opposums pov: Ah shit which one is my child again... guess I gotta take em all

  • @mayonnaiseeee
    @mayonnaiseeee Рік тому

    opossums are beautiful beings

  • @ryohn5468
    @ryohn5468 2 роки тому +1

    What a cute family.

  • @coracaodanaturezaemgeral3041
    @coracaodanaturezaemgeral3041 6 років тому +3

    I Love ANIMALS ♥️ 🌎 💚 🙏 😢

  • @denisebethany5691
    @denisebethany5691 4 роки тому +1

    Shes a good mommy.

  • @panzershock441
    @panzershock441 4 роки тому +1

    Children!
    *Smacks lips*
    Come to me!
    *Smacks lips*
    Quickly now!
    *Smacks lips*

  • @TanyaQueen182
    @TanyaQueen182 Рік тому

    Some of the best mamas in nature.

  • @jimpease280
    @jimpease280 Рік тому +1

    That's the sound I make to get the wild oppossum's attention when I have food for him.

  • @PamWitcher
    @PamWitcher 9 місяців тому

    Awwee that makes me like possums better. I guess they feel love too. That is sweet

  • @artlife6210
    @artlife6210 Рік тому +2

    It took me a long time to realize this sound wasn’t some weird bird in my backyard!

  • @peterhart1966
    @peterhart1966 4 роки тому +3

    You know, I used to wonder why doesn't someone make a mouse trap for possums. I was ignorant. The sight alone creeped me out. Oposums everywhere, sorry.

  • @AnimeShinigami13
    @AnimeShinigami13 Рік тому +1

    Wow that's really quiet! I expected something like a mom cat chattering to her kittens!

  • @essicaj2447
    @essicaj2447 4 роки тому +1

    Opossums are weird, and I love them

  • @alybloodshade
    @alybloodshade Рік тому

    "You've brought me more children, but you won't give them to me?! I will call them until they are mine!"

  • @lukalarrs7040
    @lukalarrs7040 7 років тому +8

    Adorable💖❤💖

  • @ariesponda1763
    @ariesponda1763 4 роки тому +1

    0:33 that one in the middle was like
    "You're not my dad!"

  • @jamesmarshall9598
    @jamesmarshall9598 3 роки тому +1

    hope they reunited!

  • @BrentDelong1253
    @BrentDelong1253 4 роки тому +1

    They really are interesting creatures. I could have had a baby buddy, but I tried returning him to his mother. Sadly, I think a stray cat ate him.

  • @MaximilienBailly3
    @MaximilienBailly3 3 роки тому

    Elle en peut plus, elle a juste envie d'avoir ces bébés

  • @PinkFlowers365
    @PinkFlowers365 Рік тому +1

    Cute ty

  • @reign6of6e6terror
    @reign6of6e6terror 6 років тому +2

    Where are this little sniffers ,they are lonely & in danger ? I will adopt ...3 more are not a problem for supermom .. 💕🐉🐾💚

  • @christianfangirl4425
    @christianfangirl4425 7 місяців тому

    Even the mama is cute 🥰

  • @cynthiastretch844
    @cynthiastretch844 4 роки тому +1

    Awe do sweets💖 wondering what happened to top of her head wound hope she's ok😢

  • @superiorscrewz1888
    @superiorscrewz1888 8 років тому +10

    SOOOO CUTE

    • @heyalun
      @heyalun 8 років тому +4

      Indeed. We have some in our backyard. They smell like death, though.

  • @vitalic_drms
    @vitalic_drms Рік тому +1

    precious babies

  • @alejandrogomez-cy1xh
    @alejandrogomez-cy1xh 5 років тому +1

    hermosa, cada vez siento mas amor por las sarigueyas

  • @allisonwonderlane2697
    @allisonwonderlane2697 5 років тому +5

    Now I KNOW that sound (>"

  • @barlowetube
    @barlowetube 10 місяців тому

    Hello
    Canada here.
    Some possums hitchhike their way up to Ontario only to find the winters don't agree with them . I'm presently watching my favorite nocturnal visitor gobble up his nightly vegetables, eggs ,dog food melin dinner and hoping I will be able to convince him/her whathaveyou that lodgings in my straw filled barn are far more conducive to staying alive .
    My barn is about 150 ft from where he usually is sighted inspecting my garage cans and his bowl of food and water. I mean it's got to understand at this point that it's being left out for him, no?
    Ya man, so weird . I'm just obsessed . Does your foster respond to physical affection? I want to pet this one but I DO NOT want to get bit.

  • @denisebethany5691
    @denisebethany5691 4 роки тому

    Babies are so cute.

  • @Austin_Soares
    @Austin_Soares 3 місяці тому

    She's not the stepmom she's the Mom who stepped up!

  • @jrtime228
    @jrtime228 Рік тому

    I was surprised to learn that the sound she is making i actually something like "lip smacking" instead of what I thought for years was like a burst of air being expelled to make a noise

  • @islalove336
    @islalove336 6 років тому +2

    Bless you

  • @tesskater
    @tesskater 5 місяців тому

    Such amazing animals

  • @LiamT725
    @LiamT725 11 місяців тому

    Opposums are so cute

  • @ajathomas5038
    @ajathomas5038 2 роки тому

    They are so cute thing 😍

  • @StrangeCreed
    @StrangeCreed 3 роки тому

    Reminds me of the "crickets" given to American paratroopers in the second world war. A recognizable "click" to see if friendlies were near by.

  • @brittanylynn7575
    @brittanylynn7575 4 роки тому +1

    she says gimme them babies to love and teach to screm

  • @krunkle5136
    @krunkle5136 4 роки тому +2

    The clicking noise was legit unexpected.

  • @206robert206
    @206robert206 4 роки тому

    Cute dogs.

  • @janebook294
    @janebook294 7 років тому +9

    baby anythings are cute

  • @rommix0
    @rommix0 7 років тому +11

    I call the big one bitey

  • @MonicaMartella-xq7wf
    @MonicaMartella-xq7wf 6 місяців тому

    G-d bless all oppossums.❤

  • @starflyer3219
    @starflyer3219 4 роки тому +1

    It's like a slow typewriter

  • @ТатьянаКачурина-э5ч

    Ой ,какие лапатуськи ! ))) .

  • @G56AG
    @G56AG 6 років тому +1

    I hadn't heard that particular noise or call before.

  • @tobiasexner
    @tobiasexner 6 місяців тому

    Good mama ❤

  • @AngelusFromHell
    @AngelusFromHell 3 роки тому

    Cute call!

  • @tymime
    @tymime Рік тому

    "Must... find... babies..."

  • @shadowthehedgehog181
    @shadowthehedgehog181 3 роки тому

    How were they "orphaned" if they mother is still there?

  • @edipasplays
    @edipasplays 4 роки тому

    Mother be like, I smell... abandoned children for the taking

  • @UHaulShorts
    @UHaulShorts 3 роки тому

    Loox like she wanted 2 leap in.

  • @GunterThePenguinHatesHugs
    @GunterThePenguinHatesHugs Рік тому

    I didn't know they snapped like that! Thought they just made some kind of squenk noise or something.

  • @RobbieWallace2007_The_Hot_Sire
    @RobbieWallace2007_The_Hot_Sire 6 років тому

    *Apuesto a que con ese sonido lo que hacia era llamar a sus crías, las crías también hacen un ruido similar cuando buscan a su madre*

  • @mark6302
    @mark6302 5 місяців тому

    so cute :3

  • @aidenmartin6674
    @aidenmartin6674 11 місяців тому

    I make a sound like that to tell my dog I have a treat for him.
    He heard that noise from the mother opossum and came running

  • @votehuss4833
    @votehuss4833 2 роки тому

    So... Just a lip smacking noise?

  • @Katzenrads
    @Katzenrads 2 роки тому

    How cute 💓🥰💓

  • @ШНУБЛИККИЛБУНШ
    @ШНУБЛИККИЛБУНШ 5 місяців тому +1

    Жалко,что этих прекрасных зверьков нет в России😢

    • @MrSlanderer
      @MrSlanderer 5 місяців тому +1

      Well, Russia has some amazing creatures not to be found in the US, as well. The capercaillie and manul, for example.

    • @Александр-ъ7ю4в
      @Александр-ъ7ю4в 4 місяці тому +1

      Это точно, причём они легко приручаются любящие и чистоплодные, а ещё все разные хотя у одной и той же разновидности бывают с вытянутыми мордочками или широкими, а так же с чёрными глазами или белыми с чёрными зрачками, да и вообще на мой взгляд они все друг от друга отличаются, одни мне напоминают шерстяных ёжиков, другие своей мордочкой похожи на енотов, есть альбиносы которые с красивыми глазами, есть вислоухие, и даже видел некоторых у которых мордочка на собачью походит😊

  • @Profile__1
    @Profile__1 4 роки тому

    So strange, even the babies are confused about the mom's lip smacking.

  • @chadgdry3938
    @chadgdry3938 Рік тому

    ultrasonic?

  • @megaynium
    @megaynium 4 роки тому +3

    She really said "click"