MEpearl: The Opossum Lady

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They introduced them to to the US from AU during the great depression to hunt and eat for food.

Our possums are indigenous to America. They're a different order than your possums.

Opossums (/əˈpɒsəm/) are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the connection of North and South America.