I kinda want this to be real…

Thanks for the answers and interpretation! Really cool info!

Thanks for the detailed reply! So if I may make use of your knowledge to ask a follow up question:

What is it about American Possums that let them compete with the other placental mammals?

Huh! I was aware of an animal looking vaguely like this by the name of “quokka,” but I didn’t realize they were marsupial. What a weird biological niche.