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.

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https://www.livescience.com/56182-opossum-facts.html

https://www.massaudubon.org/learn/nature-wildlife/mammals/opossums/about

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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