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The possum flinched as if touched with a hot poker, and then made several effective broom-strokes in a row.

"Putin loves to pull a rabbit out of the hat - and then it turns out to be a possum, " says one western political analyst.

"I brought you something, " he said, when the possum began to bore them.

The possum had no natural grasp of the concept of tidiness, and it was developing a rapidly escalating personal hatred of Moth.

But far from being an oddity, these friendly furry marsupials are in fact a type of possum known as a sugar glider.

This was me playing possum, trying to convince the world I was "normal. "

The clockmaker figured Moth's experiment with her possum was also likely to end soon.

"Way you been stamp in' 'round out here, it's a wonder to me it ain't you caught in this trap 'stead of the possum, " he grumbled.

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is said to have inspired the iconic Broadway musical Cats.

Close-up. Drop it! Bottle it! Don't play possum! Make it up! Watch you mouth.

The large-diameter metal pipe that connects the bell nipple under the rotary table to the possum belly at the mud tanks.

In Austrlia, the possum commonly hides up a gum tree when it is being chased.

Edna Spalding: [seeing her daughter's doll at the dinner table] Possum, put that up now.

play possum To pretend to be sleeping or dead.

Objective To evaluate clinical importance of modified POSSUM scoring system in aged surgical patient.

Moth tossed the baby onto the table with a thunk that startled the possum.

Simon Wong: The Australian brush tail possum was first brought to New Zealand in 1837 to establish a fur industry.

Perhaps we should also adopt the white lemuroid possum as an icon for the victims of global warming.

"And do what comes naturally, Little Bat, " urged Possum.

The possum cannot survive much more than five hours at temperatures over 30C.

I was a little bigger than the other possum kids.

Or it was possibly an ape or possum or some such shit?

Don't worry possum looks very poor, even though everyone see you are silly, but they are still not get your way.

He is not really asleep. He is just playing possum.

The blue-eyed spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni) is a small possum that was found in 2004 on Indonesian New Guinea.

I mean, it's bad enough that your family is half possum and.

The prisoner plays possum again.

Don't let his silence fool you; he's just playing possum.

I don't think she's really asleep. She's playing possum.

Absolutely he is just playing possum. Everybody knows that he is the one who broke the window.

Whoa, Mom! You hit a possum. Oh, my goodness.

Moth had a new possum.

where would a mouse or a possum get the money to make the phone call?

About taking my possum.

The baseball broke the window, but the boys played possum when asked who had thrown it.

So I thought, "It's a mouse or a possum. "

Bob played possum when the teacher looked around.

DAVID SANDLIN: My father could catch, purge, kill, clean, cook and eat possum-- with sweet potatoes, of course.

Is that for the possum?

'Road weary' potted potted possum sauce. It's a southern surprise, apparently. We're glad to see it's been improved, too

Estimate of Morbidity Risk in Aged Patients Undergoing Resectionsof Esophagus Carcinoma and Cardiac Carcinoma Using POSSUM

Possum expects a rough time ahead from both the opposition parties and the conservative media

11 September 2009: From possum joeys to polar bears - the pick of this week's images from the natural world

To play possum means to deceive, to hide the truth

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats