Instead of biting, they simply stop, drop and “play possum,” losing consciousness for up to four hours. “To complete the illusion,” MacDonald says, “they exude a smell like rotting meat.
The Vermilion County native, now 74, was born and raised 3 miles from the Possum Trot. He started playing piano at age 11, taking lessons from the same Fischer Theatre organist who taught Dick and ...
Another group known to display homing are cave-dwelling mysid shrimp, also known as possum shrimp for the pouches in which females carry their larvae. Results from previous studies suggested that ...