Possums

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Florida does not have possums; it only has Virginia Opossums. They are quite different, unrelated creatures, with the opossum's name being frequently shortened to "possum", giving the erroneous impression that possums and opossums are the same. Possums are found in Australia and on the islands of neighbouring countries.

To answer the question: opossums shelter wherever they can, whether it be a tree hollow; within some underbrush; in a crevice in rock or even a building - essentially, wherever there is a large enough space for them. They do not dig burrows, as their paws are too soft.

The length of a Opposum is depending on its length and age,usally an adult is 3-5 fett a baby is as small as an 2-6 inches

No. Jaguars and numbats live on different continents.

No. There is a gap of roughly 60 million years between the existence of the last dinosaurs to the first mammoth remains found.

The rare pygmy hippo is now down to around 3000 animals in the wild. Mainly threatened by habitat loss, measures are being taken to provide suitable habitat, but these ventures are often threatened by wars in the region.

Certain types pf Australian possums, especially gliders, like the blossoms of a variety of native trees and plants such as eucalyptus, callistemon (bottle brush), melaleuca and grevillea.

I have used several methods. This depends greatly on the location of the 'den'. 1. Collapse/block entrance. (Do this at night while the animal is out and about. DO NOT entomb the animal.) 2. Dump a bottle of ground cayenne pepper in and around entrance. (DO NOT let your pets sniff the pepper!!!!!!) Rat posion works.use twice as much

True possums are native to Australia, and are quite different to the North American opossum. Possums live in all of the states of Australia.

Not at all. Possums are nocturnal, and unlikely to come out during the day, but there is no issue with seeing them.

I'm not sure the other night me and my brother and I saw a possum in front of our house are cousins cat usually roams the street I don't think it was scared of the cat but the cat seem a little curious about it.

No. The only reason for any possum to go blind in the wild would be due to it having an accident, or natural attrition due to advanced age. Possums are no more likely than most other species to go blind.

Many nonnative (alien) species are able to survive in new environments due to environmental similarity such as temperature, rainfall, seasonality and habitats where food and water is in abundance or enough to survive on and also the presence of other same species individuals with whom reproduction is possible. Another reason why nonative species survive in nonnative habitats is because of the lack of its native predators to keep its numbers in check and therefore they survive and reproduce quickly and outcompete native species.

Yes. Possums can certainly climb bird feeders, and will almost certainly take the food.

No. True possums do not change colour from season to season. These possums are found in New Guinea, Australia (including Tasmania), Sulawesi (Indonesia) and a few other small islands in the Pacific region.

They should not be confused with the opossum of North America, as the two animals are not related.

A possum is a marsupial, so the young joey is raised in the mother's pouch. Here it will stay for several months, attached permanently to a teat, until it is old enough to emerge from the pouch. It will spend several more months clinging to its mother's back, ravelling with her as she forages for food.

Leadbeater's possums don't glide, but they can leap from tree to tree in search of food. Like all possums, including those in the glider family, they climb trees using their sharp claws, and walk along branches.

Seeking food, no need to panic, it will not hurt you, give them a way out and they will go. No need to kill it, calm down...ha. All they want is a way out, trap them in a large box or herd them with a broom or 2 to the nearest exit. They can be picked up by the tail but be careful and quick, hold them near the ground as they will think you are going to let them down and move them to the outside. They can not pick themselves up by the tail, that is a myth/rumor. We had a young one come in through the fireplace ash dump in the bottom of the fireplace. Ended up in the bathroom, scooped it up in a large trash can and took it outside, ran off scared but happy.......sealed the fireplace trap door.....

In their habitat, possums depend on trees for shelter and protection from predators. Possums are equipped with sharp claws and prehensile tails for quickly climbing trees to escape from predators. The trees also provide them with food, whether it be nectar, fruit, lerps or insects.

Yes, possums will certainly avoid dogs wherever possible.

Possums do not live underground. They are arboreal, or tree-dwelling marsupials.

The American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) will DEFINITELY kill chickens. I have caught them in the act many times. Although they usually prefer carrion, slugs, fruit and vegetables, they are quite capable of killing chickens, due, in part to the fact that roosting chickens are quite docile.

If the word possum is being used here to refer to the arboreal nocturnal marsupials of Australia and New Zealand, then the answer is "No."

Neither Possums nor Opossums are found in the wild in Europe. Opossums are limited to the Western Hemisphere.