Possums

Feb 22, 2010 11:33


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foalstory February 22 2010, 01:37:45 UTC
why are your possums SO MUCH CUTER than ours???

ours look like overgrown rats :P

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nattie_dino February 22 2010, 01:43:06 UTC
your possums are actually not "possums" they are opossums which i think are more carnivorous. Our possums are omnivorous and have a completely different diet and teeth morphology (ours mainly browse foliage though). Your opossums are closer related to the Australian carnivorous marsupials such as quolls and antechinus etc than to our possums. They are very different surprisingly

They are very adorable, they are about the size of a small cat, weighing around 2-3 kilos as adults. They can be ferocious though, ive been bitten 4 times now while putting their collars on. I do love brushtails though which is the species in these photos

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foalstory February 22 2010, 01:44:22 UTC
hmm. good point. we just call them 'possums because we're weird about dropping letters :P

no clue what quolls and antechinus are, but I'll just agree with you because I know you know a LOT more :)

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nattie_dino February 22 2010, 01:46:45 UTC
Quoll


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prettylilidiot February 23 2010, 16:38:54 UTC
I'm loving the names you give these little guys; Coconut and Van gough!

Is it okay if I post the pic of your in our t-shit with the possume to our facebook group?

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nattie_dino February 23 2010, 20:32:23 UTC
no problems babe! :)

post away, that pic is actually cropped, want me to give you a better one?

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prettylilidiot February 24 2010, 14:24:02 UTC
sure!

email it to armbeinda@hotmail.com :)

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