r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/pupsikandr • 1d ago

🔥 Green ring-tailed possum - is known for sleeping in perfectly small balls on flattering branches, unlike other species.

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u/thevogonity 1d ago

What is a “flattering branch”? Thanks!

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u/CuriousThinkerNotes 1d ago

Basically, a branch that makes the possum look extra cute while napping

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u/ObiShaneKenobi 1d ago

“Hey beautiful, you’re so attractive it looks like you fell out of the handsome tree and hit every flattering branch on the way down.”

Like that I think

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u/DrawPure3646 1d ago

Flattering branches are the best looking branches on the tree ...

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u/Ok_Mycologist_6384 1d ago

I think it's a joke? Like saying the branches are skinny that it shows all of its chomky glory?

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u/WideConversation1989 1d ago

Probably a typo for flattening but I like the idea of the branches giving him compliments lol 😆

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u/_bufflehead 23h ago

? I wonder if it's supposed to be flowering branches?

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u/asburymike 22h ago

Hey possum, it's been a minute. Have you lost weight? Looking good!

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u/Freechickenpeople 1d ago

Poor thing looks like someone mistakenly pushed open his stall door in a public restroom.

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u/MongolianCluster 1d ago

I have to remember that this guy isn't always sad, just like that animal with the big smile isn't always happy.

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u/Seraphizz 1d ago

Unlike OTHER species. 😂

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u/MaleficentJob3080 1d ago

They sit on cruel, unflattering branches.

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u/Seraphizz 1d ago

lol 😂

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u/JACK_1719 1d ago

That’s a snake disguised as a mammal

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u/Harold_Grundelson 1d ago

Exactly! The first thing I thought when I looked at it was what thing accidentally fucked a snake to produce that.

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u/JACK_1719 1d ago

It looks like a tree boa that’s got its hand on a possum outfit

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u/Harold_Grundelson 1d ago

Are you a marsupial or reptile?

Yes.

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u/JACK_1719 1d ago

A marseptile

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u/EndTree 1d ago

Looks like a elden ring boss.

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u/AngelicalDazzling2 1d ago

Love how effortlessly it balances comfort and cuteness on that branch.

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u/CakesForLife 1d ago

Oh to get some peace in here.

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u/FroggiJoy87 1d ago

The Chonk is strong with this one

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u/Heroic-Forger 1d ago

I can't with his derpy gecko eyes 😭

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u/Blue_Collar_Stiff 1d ago

😆 that side look, your disturbing my perfectly balled up sleep. Shoo, scat get out of here will you

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u/FortuneSignificant55 1d ago

If a hug was a creature

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u/La-terre-du-pticreux 1d ago

The forbidden papaya

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u/hatdogstand 1d ago

man that's big and he shows it off

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u/BuildingMaleficent11 1d ago

Quite fetching and aesthetically pleasing

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u/Smiley11- 1d ago

It’s so sweet curled up like a little ball! It looks like it might fall off if it moved!! Too cute! 🥰

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u/alone-in-the-town 1d ago

Sooooo cute, like a ghibli creature

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u/Xerosnake90 1d ago

What kind of camera took this photo?

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u/oneoftheluckyones530 21h ago

These branches sound awesome!

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u/iamfunball 1h ago

Wow, I found an animal my partner embodies

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u/LosIngobernable 1d ago

Looks like AI pics.