The Opossum
from Just Animals Hosted by Elle, Guy and Sam the Zoo Keeper
Today we discuss the creep-cute thing that goes bump in the night, the Opossum! Believe it or not they are actually very beneficial when it comes to eating ticks and slowing the spread of Lyme's Disease. Find us on instagram at justanimalspod Sources https://www.livescience.com/56182-opossum-facts.html https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/opossums/about https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/opossum https://www.britannica.com/animal/Virginia-opossum https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/wildlife/the-virginia-opossum-our-only-native-marsupial/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Didelphis_virginiana/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/group/opossums/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/544902/facts-about-opossums https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315628/#:~:text=The%20North%20American%20Opossum%20(Didelphis,cytotoxic%20snake%20venoms5%E2%80%938. http://wildliferemovalusa.com/opossumtail.html
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