{"id":8978,"date":"2011-10-27T20:49:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T00:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2011-10-27T20:49:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T00:49:21","slug":"sweet-stories-in-the-news-cross-eyed-oppossum-charms-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/10\/sweet-stories-in-the-news-cross-eyed-oppossum-charms-germany.html","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Stories in the News! Cross-eyed oppossum charms Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnewsstories.org\/2011\/01\/heidi-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furry Heidi, the adorable charmer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heidi, an over-weight, young cross-eyed opossum, is shaping up to be the most popular furry critter in Germany since Knut the celebrity polar bear.<\/p>\n<p>Tooooo cute! \u00a0Sooooooo sweet! \u00a0 Watch this adorable little furball and be charmed.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heidi the opossum - The Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqLjofNBFng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>The reason for Heidi&#8217;s crossed eyes is unclear, but zoo officials speculate that it might be because of fat deposits behind her eyes, caused by a bad diet early in life. The eyes might look off, but they cause the animal no pain, and don&#8217;t affect her ability to get around, according to the zoo. She is, aside from her looks, a normal opossum.<\/p>\n<p>She won\u2019t be visible to the public until July, but a cross-eyed opossum has turned into Germany\u2019s new media darling. Two-and-a-half-year-old Heidi has even inspired a YouTube hit, her own high-end stuffed animal, and has more than 49,000 friends on Facebook, and counting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is surprising how famous and loved she is \u2014 I guess it has to do with being cross-eyed,\u201d said Dr. Helmut Schache, of the toy manufacturer K\u00f6sen, whose hand-made stuffed Heidis will be available for order in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Heidi rage started in mid-December, when journalists from the German tabloid Bild went to the zoo in the eastern city of Leipzig to photograph animals that will be housed in the zoo\u2019s upcoming \u201cGondwanaland,\u201d a tropical center based on the regions of the ancient continent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goodnewsstories.org\/cross-eyed-oppossum\/\">http:\/\/goodnewsstories.org\/cross-eyed-oppossum\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heidi, an over-weight, young cross-eyed opossum, is shaping up to be the most popular furry critter in Germany since Knut the celebrity polar bear. 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