Meet Heidi, the Cross-Eyed Opossum

Posted by Claire | Thursday January 13, 2011

She's got her own Facebook page (132,000 fans and counting), worldwide attention and a lucrative merchandising opportunity to her credit. Not too shabby for a cross-eyed opossum.

"Heidi", reportedly abandoned near an animal shelter in North Carolina, has been adopted by the Leipzig zoo (Germany) and though the general public has yet to see her in person, her online fame is nearing that of fellow German zoo celebs Knut the polar bear and Paul the World-Cup-predicting octopus.

Here's a little preview of what those 132,000+ fans will see come July in Leipzig:

Say it with us: awwww!

9 Comments

	on January 14, 2011 mamaluv STAFF said: LOL! Oh, you mean mean Heidi-haters! ;)
	on January 14, 2011 LaurenBlair 128 said: I had a dream about this thing last night, it was not a good one.
	on January 13, 2011 LaurenBlair 128 said: We had an opossum in the neighbour's driveway once and I will never forget those beady-little-eyes
	on January 13, 2011 spotty 4,021 said: Ugh! Nothing could make an opossum cute! An opossum is an ROUS!
	on January 13, 2011 Ali de Bold STAFF said: I'm honestly afraid of that thing. Being cross-eyed isn't enough to make it cute to me!
	on January 13, 2011 jchang212 106 said: Yeah, I agree that the tail's a little scary. but still.... AWWW!! Her eyes look fake, but it's pretty hilarious!
	on January 13, 2011 mamaluv STAFF said: I had a wild opossum coming into our back porch via the cat door and stealing her kibble. It was at night, so when I looked out the window to see what the racket was about, I freaked out because of how huge it was (plus the last thing I was expecting was that!). The tail really is quite long. If anyone has seen The Princess Bride, I always say opossums remind me of mini ROUS'!
	on January 13, 2011 cathy3087 98 said: I agree with Lauren - it's too rodent-like, it creeps me out!
	on January 13, 2011 LaurenBlair 128 said: Alright I'll go "Aww" with you, but only for the last half of the video. This possum is kinda cute from the front, especially because it's doesn't have those scary pink eyes. But I just can't get over the tail it's too much like a rodant (But 10X bigger)