Opossums with Dr. Cecilia Hennessy

I received an e-mail from Dr. Cecilia Hennessy of Eureka College asking me about an article I wrote back in 2015. She was wondering what I meant by the North American Continent because I wrote that opossums were the only marsupial in the North American continent. Well to make a short story even shorter, it turns out that my statement wasn’t true. Opossums are not the only marsupial in North America. Turns out, however, that I am not the first person to make such a claim. She wanted to find out where I saw that reference because she is trying to find the original source of the claim.

By the way, if you happen to know of a source that says opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are the only marsupial in North America, Dr. Cecilia Hennessy would love to hear from you.

Well, we struck up a conversation and I offered her the opportunity to come on my Living the Wild Life podcast. She agreed. You can listen to our conversation and hear/see me admit that I was wrong. We also discuss opossums and ticks, her research and other issues related to wildlife.

So click the link to hear my conversation and learn more about opossums with Dr. Cecilia Hennessy.

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