There’s NO rabies in Oz and American possums virtually never get rabies.
Their body temperature is too low.
That myth comes from their hissing/foaming/drooling ‘death act” that people mistook for rabies.
Skunks are the biggest carriers of rabies. Have a few that run through my yard at night sometimes.
Good Lord when they let loose what a stench.
Good to know, I have a big one that forages in my back yard early in the morning. I’ve taken to putting old eggs from the fridge out and they’re nothing but empty shells in the morning. Guess I need to stop that, not a good behavior to encourage. He or she is a big one though that lumbers through the neighborhood in the wee hours.