Richard PETTY
(mentioned at least 3 times in the series....hey Hobie, I spell it possums. I know them well. My first job was skinning muskrats and possums)
Yes, possums are found to be immune to the venom of most snakes which makes it perfectly safe for them to eat snakes. Scientists have figured out that there is a compound in possums’ blood which makes it immune to snake venom1. This compound is a peptide that can act against a snake’s venom