I thought this was worth sharing. I found it on our local neighborhood app.
A few fun facts about them - and more - at this website.
Due to an opposum's low body temperature and successful immune system, it is very rare for one to carry rabies.
In northern regions, opossums often have abnormally short tails, the ends are lost due to frostbite.
The Virginia opossum has more teeth than any other North American Mammal - 50 to be exact.
The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial that inhabits the U.S.
A study conducted by a University of Florida researcher, traces the existence of opossums as far back as the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Although many throughout North America refer to native opossums as "possums", the term "possum" technically refers to a classification of marsupials living in Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi.
More information can be found here.
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