When they sense danger, such as raccoons, great horned owls, minks, fox and coyotes, the opossum quickly acts dead. It lets out a bad odor too that some animals do not like. When the opossum acts dead, the other animal loses interest in it. They leave it alone. This is their way of surviving.
Opossums eat grass, mushrooms and chickens.
But do not call an opossums a chicken. They can kill rattle snakes. They are pretty much scavengers. They have webbed feet to help them swim. Their tail is longer than their body.