virginia opossum

Two stories in which Ranger Rick and his friends point out the danger of phosphate detergents and look for missing opossum babies accompany factual information on opossums.

Presents the life of a baby possum from his birth into his mother's pouch to his first experience "playing possum", after which he is on his own.

Examines the physical characteristcis, behavior, and natural environment of the common opossum.