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September 1, 2022

Opossums Could Hold Key To Snakebite Survival

Worldwide, an estimated 421,000 cases of poisonous snake bites and 20,000 deaths from these bites occur yearly, according to the International Society on Toxicology. Intriguingly, opossums shrug off snake bite venom with no ill effects. Claire […]
October 23, 2017

Snow White TX Opossum (Video)

The opossum is not known as one of nature’s beauty but this white specimen encountered by TFG Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore certainly is worth a second look. According to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s official opossum […]