If faced with a threat it can’t escape, a possum will play dead, says Owen. The opossum will fall over, its tongue will hang out, it will drool, slow its breathing and emit a noxious odor that ...

March 4 (UPI) --The California Highway Patrol entered into an "extremely slow-speed pursuit" when an opossum was found trying ... she got too hot or after going over a bump in the roadway ...