Waddling mother opossum struggles to walk across yard - as a dozen babies cling to her back - video Dailymotion

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A waddling opossum struggled to make its way across a backyard as it had a dozen babies clinging to her back.  The animal is seen walking towards the camera as the homeowner films their back garden through a window.  As the mother comes closer to the camera, the extent of the family is revealed.  At least a dozen opossum babies are seen clinging on to the mother spanning both sides of her back.  The mother eventually makes her way under the decking and on her way.  The footage was captured in Michigan, USA on May 31, 2022.

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00:00 - 'Cause they're waiting for it to decode.

00:01 - For all you complaining about my planet earth

00:03 photography skills, I will attempt a better recording.

00:07 Apparently, either this is a new possum,

00:10 and we have a possum infestation,

00:12 or a possum mother is not sure where to offload her brood.

00:17 I'm not entirely clear on this,

00:20 but it looks like it's a field trip for clan possum.

00:24 - I can't see him.

00:27 - Oh, we went behind the tree.

00:30 - There, the possum crawls with its babies

00:34 through the bushes.

00:35 Where it's going, we don't know,

00:39 but I'm sure it's not going fast.

00:42 - I mean, it also has 10 babies,

00:46 so I think it is the same, probably.

00:48 - We are hoping it will eat plenty of ticks

00:54 as the month goes on.

Waddling mother opossum struggles to walk across yard - as a dozen babies cling to her back

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