Possums

Cricket bites are more annoying than dangerous. These little insects bite out of self defense, so unless they're trapped in your hands or between you and your clothes, there isn't much to worry about. When a cricket does bite you'll know for sure - it will be a small sharp pain and burn. The best remedy is a dab of polysporin - this will help prevent infection but also relieve the pain and burning pretty quick. In my experiences, the polysproin did the job within about 1-2 min (stopped pain and burn, reduced redness and mild swelling). Of course if you are allergic to insect bites, you need to seek health care immediately. As far as the insect community is aware, there are no poisonous crickets. In fact, if a cricket is in your house, I would be more concerned about finding holes in my wardrobe and clothes than being bit!

No. Possums live in tree hollows or roof cavities in suburban houses. They have even been known to inhabit unused fireplaces and dog kennels.

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.

Yes. Possums are causing considerable destruction to New Zealand's environment, to which they were introduced in the 1800s. In New Zealand, possums are taking over native bushland, pushing out native species of birds, for which New Zealand is unique.

Possums feed on the vegetation, reducing its availability for native species, and nest in the trees, forcing smaller species out. There are no natural predators of the possum in New Zealand, so their population has increased dramatically.

Possums strip the native plants of leaves, buds, flowers, fruits and seeds, meaning less chances of propagation. New Zealand trees do not have defensive chemicals of some Australian native trees, meaning the possums can continue to eat from one tree until the tree has been severely affected.

Many of these plant species are disappearing from the New Zealand forests, and allowing invasive non-native species to take hold of the forests.

NZ doesn't have a tropical climate, though it does have rain forests, the main one being at the base of the South Island where rain fall gets measured in feet per rain fall.

Technically, a rainforest is a forest with a very mixed species of vegetation. It does not have to be wet.

Washington State is fairly wet, but with a substantial conifer monoculture, no one would call it a rainforest.

New Zealand has no native marsupials, however there are some small populations of introduced wallabies living in the wild. There are also millions of Common Brushtail Possums, which were introduced to the islands by settlers wanting to start a fur industry.

Different foods - fruits, vegetables, crops - are able to be grown throughout the year in Australia, due to its largely temperate climate. Some fruits, vegetables and crops are specialised winter crops, some are summer crops, etc.

'buidelrat'

In Australia, where true possums live, such an action is illegal and could result in prosecution, particularly if cruelty is involved.

Given that possums are such a pest in New Zealand, and ecologically damaging, you would probably be applauded.

Ngaio, Nothofagus (NZ Beeches), Nettle (yes there is a tree nettle I hope you don't meet), Nikau.

One cannot compare whether or not a particular animal species is "better" than another. Both of these native Australian marsupials are completely unique and suited to a particular niche.

While the Tasmanian devil is Australia's largest remaining dasyurid, or carnivorous marsupial, the mountain Pygmy possum is the only Australian marsupial that hibernates.

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the answer is the king himself! good ridle too.

The mahogany glider is not endangered. Its conservation status is "threatened".

Chicken and eggs actually have different proteins in them, and it is the egg protein which can trigger an allergic reaction.

People who are allergic to eggs, have an immune system which overreacts to certain proteins which are present in eggs but not in chicken meat. The main trigger is usually a protein in the egg white, but some people also react to the protein in the yolk.

The cuscus is a small marsupial, similar in appearance to a possum, which lives in the rainforests of northern Australia and some islands of the Pacific. Its main predators are snakes (carpet pythons) and larger birds of prey. They are at some risk from quolls and other dasyurids (carnivorous marsupials). Their populations also suffer because of habitat destruction caused by people.

You can shoot it and eat it, or if you are more peaceable than that, you can throw your edible trash at the edge of your property so that the possum can get it without raiding your trash can. The possum is an animal which follows its God-given programming, and it goes where the food is.

in my experiance no.

The Mahogany glider is a solitary feeder, eating the nectar, pollen and sap of around twenty different species of Australian plants. It eats the arils of wattles: arils are protein-rich stringy structures which connect seeds to their pod. The Mahogany Glider also eats honeydew - not the melon, but a sweet sticky substance which is excreted by insects such as aphids. It is omnivorous, feeding also on insects such as lerps.

Um... they walk!