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In hot weather, our opossums always look super wet. It's not sweat! Opossums cool off by licking themselves to dampen their fur. (lemmy.world)
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[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Plus they are almost totally resistant to rabies because their body temp is significantly lower than lots of mammals