Late last night or rather early this morning we went possum feeding at Carlton Park. Basically we wanted to finish the bread that was left from the previous feed.
For those who do not know what a possum is ... well they are marsupials and are native to Australia. Some people treat possum as pest. Anyway they can be found commonly in many trees and they are nocturnal creatures. We notice that their vision is not very good but gathered that they have a keen sense of smell.
Oh this time round, we saw 2 possums and we pressume that they are mothers as we suspect in their pouches are baby possum. I googled and confirmed -
"The possum spends the first four months of their lives in their mother's pouch. By the time they are six months old the young possums are living outside of the pouch all the time."
Source:http://www.kcc.org.nz/pests/possum/resources.asp
 Approaching us with caution |
 They can get real friendly (Hmmm...well there's food rite) |
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 Possum talk?!? |
 Aren't they cute? |
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 Feeding on white bread |
 This particular possum is very shy and it seems smaller in size as compared to the others |
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 Baby possum in mother's pouch |
 Foutain and a colonial style (i think) building in the park. Nice |