Nov. 11, 2025

Possums! | With Chris Strub, Wildlife Rehabilitator

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Show Notes

In this week’s episode, we are speaking with Chris Strub, a wildlife rehabilitator who has worked in wildlife rescue and rehabilitation for over 10 years. Chris started out as a volunteer at the Wild Bird Fund in New York City. He then moved to The Schuylkill Center in Philadelphia as the director of their wildlife clinic, and finally to Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center on Long Island.

One of Chris’ favorite animals, and one he has worked a lot with, is the possum. And one of our goals here at Kindred is to educate ourselves on the true nature of animals, especially those that are deeply misunderstood, in order to change our misconceptions of animals like the possum, or hyena, or shark. So we have asked Chris to talk to us all about this sweet and helpful creature to do just that.

And what you think you know about possums and why they behave the way they do, well, get ready to be super surprised!

And without further ado, let us introduce you to North America’s ONLY MARCUPIAL!

And the sweet angel babies of our backyards.

Thanks so much for being here, and lots of love.

Time Stamps:

Introduction: 00:17

Interview: 10:05

Show Notes:

https://schuylkillcenter.org/

https://www.wildbirdfund.org/

https://wildliferescuecenter.org/

https://www.cornell.edu/about/