With a pink nose and silky brown fur, the opossum is the ugly duckling of the marsupials. The animal can be found in cities, but it is often mistreated because of its distant resemblance to the rat, despite its vital role in the ecosystem. Environmental authorities and the NGO Fundazar have launched a mission to protect the opossum.

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