Hold on tight! This adorable family of four young opossums cling to mummy as they cross the road in Menomonee Park, Wisconsin
- Adorable images show opossum mother carrying her babies across the road
- Photographer captured the photos as he was driving through Menomonee Park
- At first I thought it was a grocery bag as I was approaching it,’ he said
This opossum mum certainly had her hands full as she was spotted on the move – with all four of her kids clinging on for dear life.
Adorable images show the mother marsupial making a mad dash across the road with her babies clutching onto her back and tail.
Ed Welk, 61, from Colgate, Wisconsin, US was driving through Menomonee Park in his home-state when he spotted what he thought was a ‘grocery bag’.
This opossum mum certainly had her hands full as she was spotted on the move – with all four of her kids clinging on for dear life
Adorable images show the mother marsupial making a mad dash across the road with her babies clutching onto her back and tail
But upon closer inspection he realised the busy mum of four was trying to cross the road, and pulled over to let her pass safely.
He said: ‘At first I thought it was a grocery bag as I was approaching it.
‘I stopped to see what it was and noticed movement then realised what it was when I looked at it through my camera.
Ed Welk, 61, from Colgate, Wisconsin, US was driving through Menomonee Park in his home-state when he spotted what he thought was a ‘grocery bag’
‘The best bit was watching the baby riding on her tail.
‘When she started heading across the parkway road it couldn’t find a spot on her back so it climbed on her tail and rode across.’
The Virginia Opossum is the only marsupial native to North America.
However, they are not native to the western United States and originally lived only in the southeastern United States and Central America.
Virginia Opossums were introduced to the West in 1890.