Daniel Negreanu

A common mistake made by amateurs is that they fail to take advantage of players who bluff excessively. Instead of playing possum and letting their aggressive opponents continue to bet, beginners raise too early with monster hands, allowing their opponents to fold.

Canadian Celebrity

Derrick Lewis

I've been in that situation three or four times before where I'm losing the fight - the fight seems almost over with - and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.

American Athlete

Mem Fox

I think that my favourite animal is a baby possum, or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine - so, so gorgeous.

Australian Writer

Chris Pratt

I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good.

American Actor

S. Truett Cathy

Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.

American Businessman

In Australia, 'possum' refers affectionately to the animal, often used in a friendly or familiar context.

Animal Nickname

'Possum' can symbolize Australia's unique wildlife; used in tourism and branding to evoke Australian nature.

Cultural Symbol

Sometimes 'possum' is used in discussions highlighting conservation issues about Australian wildlife.

Endangerment Awareness

North Americans may confuse 'possum' with 'opossum,' though technically different species, terms are used interchangeably.

Mistaken Identity

'Possums' are often seen as nuisances in urban areas, so the term can imply a pest-like presence to some.

Wildlife Interaction

Use of 'possum' might reference American cultural sayings or jokes about the animal's behaviors.

Cultural Expression

Using 'possum' as a verb often means avoiding responsibilities by pretending to be unavailable or unaware.

Avoiding Obligations

Possuming can be a playful strategy among friends, simulating avoidance for humorous effect.

Social Behavior

'Possum' as a verb could imply self-protection by feigning weakness or hiding one's abilities.

Self-Protection

 There were billy possum postcards, billy possum pins, billy possum pitchers for your cream at coffee time. There were smaller billy possums on a stick that kids could wave around like flags. But even with all this marketing, the life of the billy possum turned out to be just pathetically brief.

The strange story of the...

 pretty rare species right can you tell us more about some of the more rare ones that you suspect uh yeah what so one of the one of the species that i um i was really really excited about it's not uh there's it's called a bushy-tailed possum and um it's just you know like it's not like it's a

Animal Life in the...

 and we stumbled upon them in the forest and they saw us too this is the hot humid forest of southwestern nigeria it's a tropical jungle teeming with life there are these 50-foot trees stretching for sunlight and scaly pangolins sort of imagine a possum trying very

The Next Generation's...

 that he was mad in this new way he was a psychopath and his clinician said to me if you want to know more about Psychopaths he can go on a Psychopaths spotting course run by Robert hare who invented the psychopathy checklist so I did I went on a Psychopaths possum

Strange answers to the...

 it has a super bright dayglo tongue that contrasts with its dull colored magnificently camouflaged body come on could you tell the snake from the tree branch if you weren't looking for it it can play possum and lay in wait for prey

Two Headed Snake Attack...

 Because it not only helps you with quantifying your sleep, but also tells others you're awake. So, when my wife came in and she could tell you're awake. "Eric, I want to talk. I want to talk." And I'm trying to play possum.

Eric Topol: The wireless...

 With no chance of escape, you do what any courageous, self-respecting possum would curl into an immobile state called catatonia, stick out your tongue, drool, and ooze some foul-smelling liquid from your anal glands.

The surprising reasons...

 it has a super bright dayglo tongue that contrasts with its dull colored magnificently camouflaged body come on could you tell the snake from the tree branch if you weren't looking for it it can play possum and

Strange-headed Snakes PIPE...

 so I fed up with possum help me here who say well you're a pioneer really of diving in the Red Sea well actually we start here 20 years ago

Incredible Life in the...

 This particular tree has attracted the attention of a lace monitor, because it's the home of a female possum with babies in her nest.