Is it true that possums cannot get rabies?

Can Opossums Carry Rabies? All mammals can carry rabies. However, it's actually very rare for possums to carry the disease. This is party because opossums have a slightly below average body temperature, and the rabies virus can't thrive at this lower temp. read more

Opossums can carry the rabies virus, but this is extremely rare. Opossums have a lower body temperature than most other animals, and as a result the rabies virus, when it does make its way into an opossum, fails to thrive and almost invariably dies off without successfully infecting the opossum's central nervous system. read more

All mammals can carry rabies. However, it's actually very rare for possums to carry the disease. This is party because opossums have a slightly below average body temperature, and the rabies virus can't thrive at this lower temp. Click here for a nationwide list of 100's of professional opossum trappers serving all 50 states. read more

But possums are a marsupial mammal, not a placental mammal like all of the above — and their risk is lower still. One of the characteristics of many marsupial mammals is a slightly lower body temperature. Rabies thrives in warmblooded creatures; the cooler bodies of marsupials inhibits the growth of the virus. read more