Wild About NYC: Opossums

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 24, 2016

Every day of this Spring Pledge Drive, we've been looking at another aspect of WNYC's #WildNYC project.

Today: Sarah Aucoin, NYC Parks Department chief of education and wildlife, talks about some of the lesser known NYC small furry creatures, opossums.

Now: @NYCParks' Sarah Aucoin tells us all about lesser-known furry creatures in NYC: opossums! pic.twitter.com/oePiS9mLxk
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 24, 2016

You know the phrase "playing possum"? They're not actually playing - their nervous systems cause them to actually pass out. @NYCParks
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