(Photo supplied by Heather Kahler who has them in her back yard.)
Opossums are a plenty in Venice. If they bother you, call the West LA Animal Shelter and they will trap or pick them up and relocate them. They are harmless and will run from one unless confronted and then they may play possum. Threatened dogs are the ones that harm the opossum the most.
Opossums are marsupials and normally carry their young in a stomach pouch. It takes 70 to 125 days to wean the little ones. The opossums life span is only two to four years. They are very nomadic.
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