# @sandiegozoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl66PyogcBq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34248897-sandiegozoo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/baff5113f8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-12-08T20:33:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) — https://gondola.cc/sandiegozoo

## Caption

The new star of Mission Opossum-ble, Richard ⭐

Richard’s best acting involves, “playing possum,” a catatonic defense mechanism that makes an opossum appear sick or dead. It is a completely involuntary and automatic physiological response to danger. It’s more like fainting from fright than pulling a prank on a potential predator. 

#Opossum #Richard #LilRicky #SanDiegoZoo

## Stats

- **Views:** 32,854
- **Likes:** 9,050
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 81

## Tags

opossum, sandiegozoo, lilricky, richard

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