Georgia has an official state 'possum: this comic strip cutie who lives in the Okefenokee Swamp
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self-effacing 'possum was the star of a long-running (1948-1975) comic strip ... ( 
wise/nave) possum who lives in the Okefenokee swamp with a menagerie ... 
Pogo 'Possum, created by Walt Kelly, is adopted as the official Georgia State '
Possum.