想象一下…
Your flashlight flickers across the telltale black eyes of an opossum and you hear its classic hiss as it bares a jagged scramble of teeth at you.
想知道疾病的混合物在那个嘴里冒出什么好处，这是很自然的！
如果您曾经在这种情况下，这就是您的文章。继续阅读以获取有关负鼠可以携带哪些疾病的更多信息，以及它可以传播给您的疾病！
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The Life of an Opossum
为了了解负鼠如何收缩和携带疾病，最好了解这些游牧的机会饲养者的生活方式。
Check out the facts below where we outline how an opossum lives its life in wild in order to get a clearer picture of its disease-carrying profile.
负鼠住在哪里？
Defined primarily as a transient species, opossums never stay in one place for too long. Generally, these animals will create a den and inhabit one particular area for no more than a few months. After that, they find another place to call home, even if just for a little while.
Why the lack of permanence? Well, it could be because of their shy nature; opossums are reclusive and introverted. Anytime their dens are disturbed by another species, this could mean that it’s time to go.
How Do Opossums Spend Their Time?
这些动物只活的格言um of about two years in the wild, and for most of that time, they are either sedentary creatures in their burrows, or nomadic in nature, searching for a new place to den.
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他们吃什么食物？
Germs lurk around every corner and within every crevasse…especially when dumpster diving is your culinary specialty.
These animals don’t limit their snacking to garbage, though. Like浣熊，他们会吃任何可以包裹爪子的东西。这意味着有时，他们会在另一只动物上脱颖而出，该动物可能带有自己的疾病。
Whether or not the diseases pass along to the opossum is a game of chance, but it’s safe to assume that eating dirty, sometimes decaying matter leads to some pretty nasty internal side effects.
How Do They Spend Their Time?
这些动物只活的格言um of about two years in the wild, and for most of that time, they are eithersedentary creaturesin their burrows, or nomadic in nature, searching for a new place to den.
While a temporary home base has been set up, opossums give in to their shy and reserved demeanors. They tend to hide from the outside world and spend weeks or months at a time curled up in the bunkers they’ve made for themselves raising their offspring.
这种孤独的行为模式无意间保护了负鼠免受外界收缩的各种疾病的侵害。
Do Possums Carry Major Diseases?
因为当人类到处看到他们时，他们总是裸露的牙齿和流口水，所以负鼠被认为是狂热的。
但是，这只是一种防御机制！
通过利用这种恐吓战术，许多大型掠食者（包括人类）倾向于退缩，使负鼠保持珍贵的孤独。
But do they actually carry rabies?
还是其他疾病？
Do these garbage-eaters have parasites?
Keep reading to find out!
那么，负鼠会携带狂犬病吗？
Here’s a fun fact:
负鼠的体温较低。确切地说，它们的内部温度计位于90和99度Fahrenheit, which is among the lowest for mammals.
为什么这很重要？
尽管尚未得到证明，但许多科学家假设并同意，这种低体温揭示了无法解释的东西：负鼠的不可思议resistance to rabies.
负鼠并非不可能携带狂犬病，但根据Opossum Society of the United States, the chances are slim.
What About Other Diseases?
负鼠被称为人畜共患病的主要载体钩端螺旋体病，这是一种细菌感染，始于与标准流感相比，不再引起关注的原因。
但是，如果没有治疗，钩端螺旋体病可以攻击肾脏，呼吸系统，肝脏和/或引起脑膜炎。
钩端螺旋体病的传播主要通过opossum’s urine and fecesin the soil. When animals and humans make unprotected contact with the dirt (for example: if your dog drinks unclean groundwater or you don’t wash your home-grown produce well enough), you could risk transmission.
寄生虫（及其产生的问题）怎么样？
Because of their trash-diving tendencies, opossums are usually afflicted with parasites. However, these parasites are通常相同正如人们在家里的宠物中发现的那样 -tick, fleas, mites, and lice.
Most of these parasites are just slightly annoying to humans, causing nips and bites along the feet and ankles. However, ticks are the outlier in the list because they carryLyme Disease，如果未经处理，这是致命的。
Here’s some good news: despite the fact that opossums both eat and hosttick作为寄生虫，有没有证据他们可以收缩或携带莱姆病。
这些动物只活的格言um of about two years in the wild, and for most of that time, they are eithersedentary creaturesin their burrows, or nomadic in nature, searching for a new place to den.
While a temporary home base has been set up, opossums give in to their shy and reserved demeanors. They tend to hide from the outside world and spend weeks or months at a time curled up in the bunkers they’ve made for themselves raising their offspring.
这种孤独的行为模式无意间保护了负鼠免受外界收缩的各种疾病的侵害。
Final Thoughts About Opossums And Diseases
当你看到负鼠prowling around your yard，有一个令人担忧的原因，但只有一个。
虽然这些动物确实带有强烈的细菌感染，但传播它的唯一方法是通过与土壤排泄废物的直接接触。通过采取预防措施来保护自己和宠物免受环境危害，您将能够轻松避免任何可能的钩端螺旋体病传播。
就狂犬病和寄生虫而言，负鼠具有令人震惊的弹性。
Despite their short lifespans, these animals are tough against natural pressures, and you don’t need to worry that they’ll pass any diseases on to you, your family, or your pets.
