Who ate all the pies? Greedy possum overwhelmed by pastries after sneaking into bakery (but web sceptics are crying foul)

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Who ate all the pies?! This greedy possum, apparently

Could this be the world's cleverest possum?
Skeptics are crying Photoshop.
But to the innocent eye this appears to be exactly as it claims - a greedy rodent in a bakery. Images are spreading round the internet of this zoned-out animal, as it slumps in a sugar-induced slumber.
Believed to have been taken in Australia, the photograph appears to show the aftermath of a pastry binge, courtesy of a possum with eyes bigger than its stomach.
The unwitting creature has devoured at least a quarter of the tray of jammy goods upon which it has made its bed.

Foreign relative: The American possum is much meaner looking than the Australian

It is quite literally caught red handed, slumped with tell-tale smears of jelly covering its paws, a suspicious looking hole visible in the side of the box.
And as it sprawls across the remaining pies it seems like not a case of it but when the rodent will get around to finishing off its feast.
But all may not be quite what it seems, according to angry bloggers who claim the whole set up is bogus.

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An Academy Award-predicting possum? Cross-eyed Heidi's tips for the top Oscar winners

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Squinting possum: Heidi's pronounced squint doesn't prevent her from leading a full life...and she has hidden talents


A cross-eyed possum in Germany is predicting this years Oscar winners.

Following in the footsteps of Paul the octopus, who predicted the World Cup results, Heidi the possum is giving her tips for the Academy Awards.


Heidi the cute marsupial gives her tips for the Academy Awards by sniffing and touching the fake Oscar statuettes, complete with squinty eyed actors pinned to each one


Each day the cute marsupial is being released in a pen, where she comes face to face with a row of fake Oscar statuettes.

Whichever statue she touches with her paw first signifies the winner in that category.

On Tuesday night, Heidi picked Black Swan star Natalie Portman to take home the Best Actress award.

The possum made Portman her chosen one after sniffing around the trophies and walking in and out of her box.


Out of the box: Here she comes for her daily walk around her pen, ready to choose the next Academy Award winner


The hilarious footage was broadcast on Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show.

A picture of each actress was taped to each statuette - complete with cross eyes to make Heidi feel at home.

Heidi, who is believed to be two-and-a-half-years-old, was abandoned outside an animal shelter in North Carolina in the United States with her sister Naira, and has been living at Leipzig Zoo in Germany since May last year.


Which one will win? Heidi's on the prowl, inspecting all the statuettes put out for her yesterday


The zoo thinks her eye condition could have been caused by her diet before she was abandoned, or because she is overweight, leading to fat deposits behind her eyes.

Heidi, who will be picking Oscar winners on Kimmel's show all week, already has thousands of followers on her Facebook page.

Her popularity is reminiscent of Knut the polar bear, who became a global star in 2007 and even featured on the front of Vanity Fair magazine.

She has also been compared to Paul the octopus, who achieved fame when he correctly predicted the outcome of matches in last year's football World Cup. Paul died from natural causes in October.


Heidi the Cross-Eyed Possum Picks the Winners - Best Actress



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