Mother Nature’s gentle souls. Opossums have a difficult existence. Their average lifespan is only 2 years in the wild and during those years they have a high rate of predation from other animals as they are not very fast and often times freeze in fear rather than running. This also causes them to frequently be struck by cars while scavenging along roadsides. They have primitive immune systems and often suffer from infections and parasites due to limited immune efficiency. Their wounds heal much