How do numbats protect themselves from predators?

Answer 1

The sun. Numbats live in a very hot climate, so in summer, they take shelter during the day to avoid overheating. They eat in the early morning and late afternoon. (In winter, they eat throughout the day, but go out later and return to shelter earlier.) Additionally, numbats avoid their predators: mainly, the Little Eagle, the Brown Goshawk, the Collared Sparrowhawk, and the Carpet Python.

Answer 2

Numbats are small and quite defenceless, unable to protect themselves with sharp teeth or claws, or other means. They are diurnal, not nocturnal, so they must try and evade daytime predators. They tend to hide in hollow logs and crevices in trees or rocks when threatened.

Answer 3

At night, numbats shelter in fallen, hollow trees or shallow burrows which they dig and line with grasses, and which often have a chamber. When they are escaping from predators, they shelter in hollow logs.

Answer 4

Numbats sleep at night. They are among the very few Australian marsupials which are truly diurnal.