Opossum. The animal that has not changed for 70 MILLION year.

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]On an island [music] off the coast of Georgia, isolated from predators for thousands of years, one opossum population evolved lifespans [music] up to 50% longer than mainland opossums.

[00:00:12]Without [music] anything trying to kill them, the biology simply changed. The opossum survives by being ignored, [music] underestimated, and left for dead.

[00:00:23]It has been doing this for 70 million years.

[00:00:27]That's all about the Virginia opossum.

[00:00:29]Let's move towards [music] our last animal.