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B1 Pets & AnimalsSep 24, 2026

MMA Fighter’s Chance Encounter With A Baby Opossum Changes His Life | The Dodo

MMAファイターと幼いオポッサムの偶然の出会いが人生を変える | The Dodo

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This MMA fighter became a possum dad, and it all actually started weeks before with one very special possum rescue.
このMMAファイターはオポッサムのパパになり、実は数週間前、とても特別なオポッサムの救助からすべてが始まった。
You might remember Cole, a professional MMA fighter, who one day went on a bike ride and somehow came home as a possum dad.
プロMMAファイターのコールを覚えているかもしれない。ある日自転車に乗って出かけ、なぜかオポッサムのパパになって帰ってきた。
We first shared his story after he rescued a orphaned baby possum named Rodrigo and helped nurse him back to health.
まず、名前をロドリゴという孤児の赤ちゃんオポッサムを救助し、健康を取り戻すのを手伝った彼の話を紹介した。
I threw the possum into the bush.
オポッサムを茂みに投げ込んだ。
He was shaking, looking at me, and I realized he's just a little baby.
震えながら私を見ていた。ただの小さな赤ちゃんだと気づいた。
And I was like, "All right, Rodrigo, you're coming with me." That one little rescue ended up opening this brand new chapter in Cole's life, and that's how another possum eventually found her way to him.
それで「よし、ロドリゴ、一緒に行くぞ」と思った。その小さな救助がコールの人生に全く新しい章を開き、そしてやがて別のオポッサムが彼のもとにやってくることになった。
So then I got a phone call about Daisy.
そして、デイジーについての電話が来た。
She was in a laundry basket.
ランドリーバスケットの中にいた。
Inside the laundry basket was this little like pineapple.
ランドリーバスケットの中には、この小さなパイナップルみたいな子がいた。
She was just sitting inside it.
中に座っていた。
So I picked this little baby up.
だからこの小さな赤ちゃんを拾った。
Daisy unfortunately lost her family when she was just a baby, and she couldn't survive on her own.
デイジーは残念ながら赤ちゃんの時に家族を失い、一人では生きられなかった。
They found her because one of the neighbors was trying to get rid of all the possums, so he was killing all of them.
近所の一人がオポッサムを全部追い払おうとしていて、全部殺していたので、彼らは彼女を見つけた。
And they found this little one that's probably one of the last ones alive.
そして、おそらく最後の生き残りの一つだろうこの小さな子を見つけた。
And they brought her to me.
そして私に連れてきた。
She probably doesn't have a lot of the things that they learned from their siblings and their mom when they're their babies.
多分、兄弟やお母さんから赤ちゃんの時に学ぶようなことはあまり知らないだろう。
But this time around, Cole felt more prepared.
しかし今度は、コールはより準備ができていると感じていた。
All right, I guess I'm mom now.
よし、どうやら私は今お母さんだ。
After a week, she loved being held.
一週間で、抱かれることを愛するようになった。
Right away, Cole made room for Daisy in his life.
すぐにコールは自分の人生にデイジーの居場所を作った。
Although it did really take long for Daisy to make herself completely at home.
とはいえ、デイジーが完全に居心地よくなるまでには本当に時間がかかった。
She goes everywhere with him and does not leave his side twenty-four-seven.
彼はどこへでも一緒に行って、24時間365日、彼のそばを離れない。
I'm a professional mixed martial artist.
私はプロの総合格闘家です。
I'm a professional fighter.
私はプロのファイターです。
I'm known to be a pretty formidable opponent.
なかなか手ごわい相手として知られています。
It's about time to give her a little bath and a nail trimming.
そろそろ少しお風呂に入れて爪を切る時間だ。
Me taking care of possums and these little baby things had one of my friends reach out to me, and he was like, "That's a tough guy thing to do." And what I realized in that moment was the dichotomy between how I move as a professional athlete, but also like taking care of these little babies that can't take care of themselves, really like impacted the way people saw what being a man was.
私がオポッサムを世話しているところを見て、友人の一人が連絡してきて、「それってタフな男の仕事だな」と言いました。その瞬間に気づいたのは、プロアスリートとして振る舞う姿と、自分で身の回りのことができない小さな赤ちゃんたちを世話する姿との二重性が、人々が男らしさを見る見方に本当に影響を与えていたということです。
She's done an incredible job at changing a lot of people's minds, you know.
彼女は多くの人の考えを変えるという素晴らしい仕事を成し遂げました。
So while they find a long-term home for her, Daisy will remain in Cole's care.
だから、彼女に長期的な居場所を見つける間、デイジーはコールの世話の下に留まります。
I've already learned a lot, and I want to help out with wildlife and just volunteering my time in between my fights.
私はすでに多くを学びましたし、試合の合間に野生動物の保護やボランティア活動で力になりたいと思っています。
I'm very proud to be a possum dad.
オポッサムのパパでいることをとても誇りに思っています。

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