The brushtail possum's main method of control that is used at the moment is 1080, a poison which kills ineffectively
The nocturnal possum sleeps in the day up trees. This is actually the Australian brush tailed possum.
Poo bird
The common possum pest in New Zealand is an Australian import. One reference I found suggests they may live about 13 years, which sounds about right for an active animal of that size. In New Zealand they are known to eat eggs of native birds, and even the hatchlings.
The Australian brush tailed possum, the Kiwi, the Morepork, and young Tuatara.
In New Zealand the stoat, ferret and Brushtail possum are very damaging to the enviroment. In Australia the main animals that cause problems are rabbits, cane toads, feral pigs, feral cats and camels.
No. The possum is a native of Australia.
no, according to scientists
There is no such thing as a merino possum. However, "possum merino yarn" is a blend of possum fur and fine Merino wool, made in New zealand, where the possum is an introduced pest.
The Brush Tail Possum is found mostly in forests in New Zealand.
The brushtail possum has no natural predators in New Zealand. This is the main factor which has enabled it to spread to almost plague proportions.
The nocturnal possum sleeps in the day up trees. This is actually the Australian brush tailed possum.
Poo bird
The common possum pest in New Zealand is an Australian import. One reference I found suggests they may live about 13 years, which sounds about right for an active animal of that size. In New Zealand they are known to eat eggs of native birds, and even the hatchlings.
This description would fit the possum in New Zealand. Brush-tail possums were introduced to New Zealand in the 1800s, and ever since then, have managed to cause considerable destruction to native New Zealand forests, as there are no natural predators of the possum in that country.
Brushtail possums are found in Australia. They have also been introduced to New Zealand.
The Australian brush tailed possum, the Kiwi, the Morepork, and young Tuatara.
Brushtail possums are a marsupial native to Australia. There are no native close relatives of the possum in New Zealand. Another introduced marsupial that is found in the wild in New Zealand is the wallaby but this is a very distant relative.