Why do opossums carry offspring? Detailed answer

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Why do opossums carry offspring?

Opossums belong to a group of animals called marsupials. The females of this group have a pouch on the inside of the body in which their young develop. Interestingly, baby opossums are very small. A tablespoon holds from 5 to 18 rats. At birth, they are blind, bald, and virtually shapeless.

Newborn opossums climb into the mother's pouch and stick to her nipples. Reaching the age of one month, they begin to look out of the bag. A few weeks later, the rat pups get out for a while. Since the babies are very small and completely helpless, mother opossums are forced to carry them on their backs. The mother raises her tail up, and the cubs wrap their tails around it.

Three-month-old babies leave their mothers. And at the age of one, they are already able to create their own families. Opossums spend a lot of time in trees, hunting and feeding. They like to eat upside down. To do this, animals wrap their tail around a tree branch, hang down, and hold food with all four paws.

Opossums eat small mammals, insects, small birds, eggs, lizards, crayfish, snakes, all kinds of fruits, cereals, mushrooms, worms. At night, possums raid cherry orchards for berries and poultry houses for chickens and eggs. Therefore, a person does not like this animal, although he is satisfied with the fact that opossums destroy mice and insects.

Author: Likum A.

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Why do muscles hurt after exercise?

The human body contains 639 muscles, each of which has its own name! Together they form flesh. Many muscles are tightly connected to the bones of the skeleton. The skeleton forms the frame, and the muscles move the various parts of the body. Without them, man would not be able to live. It would not only be impossible to eat, breathe, speak, but the heart would also stop, because its work is also provided by the muscles.

All muscles are made up of long, thin cells called muscle fibers. But muscles differ in what and how they do. They differ in shape, appearance, size and other features. When a muscle contracts, it releases an acid called lactic acid. The effect of lactic acid is that it makes you tired. Its effect is similar to poison. It makes the muscles tired.

If lactic acid is removed from a tired muscle, then the feeling of fatigue disappears and the muscle is ready to work again! But, of course, lactic acid is not excreted under normal conditions when you exercise or work. In addition, other toxins can be produced when the muscles are engaged in vigorous activity. They are carried by the blood throughout the body and cause fatigue not only in the muscles, but throughout the body, especially in the brain. Therefore, the feeling of fatigue after muscular work is actually a kind of internal poisoning that occurs in the body.

But the feeling of fatigue is necessary for the body in order to have a desire to rest. As waste is removed during rest, cells are cleansed, nerve cells recharge their batteries, depleted lubrication reserves are restored in the joints, and so on. So physical exercises are very useful for the whole body and muscles, but rest is no less important!

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