UNUSUAL FRIENDSHIP
An extraordinary friendship lias developed between a coilie dog owned by Mr. W. J. Ball, of Wellington, and a young opossum. The opossum has accepted the dog as a foster parent, and rides about clinging securely to bis back. Frequently tlie two are to be seen taking the air in the vicinity of Courtcnay Place. Tbc opossum maintains its scat on tbc (log bv grasping tho collie's hair with its claws. "Even when the dog leaps into tho air to catch a ball thrown by its mnster tho opossum is not dislodged.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 18
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94UNUSUAL FRIENDSHIP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 18
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