Bees are also an excellent topic. Did you know there are bees that are nocturnal? Or that some use feces (not their own) to deter predation of their hive?
So, one that I don’t really get why it grosses people out, but female opossum can stuff a decent chunk of their own face into their pouch. Like, double over and just get up in there. They keep it fairly clean, and can retrieve dead babies(more babies than nipples, some just fail to develop), sometimes snacking on them.
The reality of “playing dead” can get people. I have watched crowds blanche as we broke the illusion of them just “falling over”. They do fall over often, but it’s accompanied by voiding their stomach. They look and smell diseased when they do it. Never had one actually do it on stage, our ambassadors were heavily worked with before ever doing a public appearance, but just being able to give a first hand explanation got some fun reactions.
On the topic of opossum shit, this one is getting well known, but can still catch people off guard: They do feces recovery, like many species! Just handfuls of their own shit, shoveled on in. They also prefer to use a waterway as a bathroom, so they sometimes dip their tails to act as a catch for the feces. They’re just… They’re covered in it. Yet they are surprisingly clean animals!
Bees are also an excellent topic. Did you know there are bees that are nocturnal? Or that some use feces (not their own) to deter predation of their hive?
Opossum facts are a fun filter.
You can slowly get more and more gross, those who step away are weak and undeserving of your companionship.
You can’t just say that and not supply us with at least one gross opossum fact…
Sorry for being behind on replying.
So, one that I don’t really get why it grosses people out, but female opossum can stuff a decent chunk of their own face into their pouch. Like, double over and just get up in there. They keep it fairly clean, and can retrieve dead babies(more babies than nipples, some just fail to develop), sometimes snacking on them.
The reality of “playing dead” can get people. I have watched crowds blanche as we broke the illusion of them just “falling over”. They do fall over often, but it’s accompanied by voiding their stomach. They look and smell diseased when they do it. Never had one actually do it on stage, our ambassadors were heavily worked with before ever doing a public appearance, but just being able to give a first hand explanation got some fun reactions.
On the topic of opossum shit, this one is getting well known, but can still catch people off guard: They do feces recovery, like many species! Just handfuls of their own shit, shoveled on in. They also prefer to use a waterway as a bathroom, so they sometimes dip their tails to act as a catch for the feces. They’re just… They’re covered in it. Yet they are surprisingly clean animals!