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the only North American marsupial, immune to snake venom and faking death since the dinosaurs filed taxes
venom proofBlood resists most North American snake venoms
tick destroyerEats up to 5,000 ticks per season
playing deadInvoluntary coma, not acting; can't fake it
ancient lineageSurvived 70 million years nearly unchanged
low rabiesBody temperature too low for the virus