The outstanding cultural and artistic heritage of the Renaissance can still be seen today in many of the great cities of the period, including Florence and Venice in Italy, Bruges in Belgium and Toledo in Spain.
Diet. Opossums are omnivores and survive by eating a variety of foods. The primary sources of sustenance are small rodents, insects, worms, slugs and snails, frogs and birds. Additionally, opossums eat vegetables, berries, nuts, fruit, garbage, pet food and bird seed.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that opossums donât seem to be very good transmitters of Lyme disease even if they didnât eat almost all of the ticks they encounter. Ticks do transmit Lyme disease, and Lyme affects around 300,000 Americans a year. An opossum, normally viewed as nothing more than a filthy nuisance â stealing garbage, garden surplus and chicken eggs â kills over 5000 ticks on any given week.