@crazygamer16 13 January 2020

baby possum

**possum are Not Aggressive** Even when confronted with a predator, they will use the infamous “playing possum” technique to appear dead and avoid an actual brawl. They can stay zoned out for hours, emitting a foul odor in order to further keep any bad guys at bay — but they’ll never outright attack, even if they’re baring their teeth. They Rarely Have Rabies Unlike most other wild animals, possums are nearly completely immune to contracting rabies or passing it along. According to Dr. Karen Becker, this is due to their natural body temperature being too low to maintain hosting the virus. http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/10/19/understanding-opossums-and-other-loathsome-animals.aspx They Kill Thousands Of Ticks According to stats reported by the National Wildlife Federation, a single possum can potentially eliminate 4,000 ticks in *one week* thanks to their extreme self-grooming methods (either crushing or consuming the ticks burrowing in their fur). https://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2015/Opossums.aspx They also aren’t susceptible to Lyme disease and therefore can protect humans from contracting it, as they rid an area of the *real* pests.