"I loved seeing people’s reactions at events when she would walk around on leash with a harness."
She had short legs, long claws and a longer-than usual short life.
But in her short life, Blossum the opossum served as a wonderful ambassador for the Florida Wildlife Hospital in Palm Shores.
Opossum's are known for faking their deaths when threatened and terrified. But this time it was real, weighing heavy on hearts at the hospital.
"She touched the lives of countless staff, volunteers, supporters, and visitors throughout her extraordinary life, and will be dearly missed," the hospital said in a press release.
Blossum was the first-ever Virginia opossum ambassador in the facility’s 53-year history, with a short life but a wide reach in Brevard County, meeting more than 5,000 people at public events.
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