After his mother was hit by a car, two-month-old Momo and his 9 siblings were taken to a wildlife rehabilitator who noticed three of the joeys (baby marsupials) had deformities on their hind legs and feet. The rehabber reached out to the Museum in hopes of finding them a permanent home. 

At the time, native mammals could not legally be kept in Vermont.  After working with State Fish and Wildlife, the Museum became participants in a pilot program for housing non-releasable native mammals for education in the State.  Opossum lifespans are surprisingly short, rarely living more than two years in the wild and unlikely to even see three in captivity.

Want to learn more about these amazing animals?  Visit his sister's page.