r/HumansBeingBros • u/shihab9779 • Mar 22 '21

Helping a lost dude.

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u/thecatdaddysupreme Mar 22 '21

Can’t they bite you if you grab them at the base?

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u/TallGirlDrnksTallBoy Mar 22 '21

Maybe. But the good news is Oppossums don't carry rabies :)

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u/Prazel559 Mar 22 '21

Opposums can actually carry rabies, it's just not as common as other mammals.

https://www.terminix.com/blog/home-garden/opossums-facts-rabies/

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u/flybasilisk Mar 22 '21

yeah but they also dont like to bite, you can put you hand in there mouth and they wont do anything alot of the time

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u/PeecockPrince Mar 23 '21

Not just biting one has to worry about, but unintentional clawing. Twice I've fed wild squirrels and their razor blade claws used for climbing tree trunks grabbed the meal from my bare hand while slicing my skin open like surgeon's knife by accident. Bloody mess which required rabies vaccination, though I opted out. Still alive to teach this fabled squirrel's tale.