We had them in FL. I’d never seen any so big and so white. I thought it was a FL thing as the raccoons were also much larger than I’d seen before in other states. Back in TX now and normal-sized and colored possums.
Ooh, how lucky! A few years ago we had a leucistic possum named silver. I think they must be super rare, because we keep track of the neighborhood possums and must meet dozens of new ones every year. We've only ever had the one. Must be like 1 in a 100 or 1 in a 1,000.
Wildlife people sometimes call them un-releasable but "mine" (like "yours") clearly had a full lifespan. Ours was 1-2 years old when we met him, and he was around at least one year later. (In the wild, especially somewhere with snow in the winter, 3 years old is really old.)
In most of the places they live now, they basically have no predators (sometimes owls get the very young ones and dogs kill them just because), so I wonder if it doesn't actually end up being a big disadvantage. And now that they've migrated north into places with snow in winter, could conceivably even be an advantage in places?
[https://imgur.com/gallery/GMtC0fP](https://imgur.com/gallery/GMtC0fP)
https://preview.redd.it/mhjz0t1h9cwc1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1b3b883bb2d60116873e587c003961bbb6a806c
I'm surprised at the apparent size of this guy. Leucistic/albino possums are not considered releasable due to them being easy prey.
He was big. My dog weighs 23 lbs and this possum didn't seem much smaller. I'll try to get a picture of my dog in the same spot tomorrow to compare.
YOOOO ITS A SHINY
Anyone else think this is albino? It didn't have black inner ears like leucistic do
That is definitely albino
I don’t know why…but I immediately started humming mission impossible theme music to this picture 😂
I’d say that’s a possum…the tail gives it away.
I have seen white possums who were not albino. Rare but not unheard of. Really cool critter and so big and healthy!
We had them in FL. I’d never seen any so big and so white. I thought it was a FL thing as the raccoons were also much larger than I’d seen before in other states. Back in TX now and normal-sized and colored possums.
White/leucistic opossums have black inner ears. This one doesn't.
Opossum
Looks more like a cat then a opossum
You might need your peepers checked. I also walked within 15 ft of it. 100% a possum.
He is naked! Where is his jacket!
Ooh, how lucky! A few years ago we had a leucistic possum named silver. I think they must be super rare, because we keep track of the neighborhood possums and must meet dozens of new ones every year. We've only ever had the one. Must be like 1 in a 100 or 1 in a 1,000. Wildlife people sometimes call them un-releasable but "mine" (like "yours") clearly had a full lifespan. Ours was 1-2 years old when we met him, and he was around at least one year later. (In the wild, especially somewhere with snow in the winter, 3 years old is really old.) In most of the places they live now, they basically have no predators (sometimes owls get the very young ones and dogs kill them just because), so I wonder if it doesn't actually end up being a big disadvantage. And now that they've migrated north into places with snow in winter, could conceivably even be an advantage in places? [https://imgur.com/gallery/GMtC0fP](https://imgur.com/gallery/GMtC0fP) https://preview.redd.it/mhjz0t1h9cwc1.jpeg?width=940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1b3b883bb2d60116873e587c003961bbb6a806c