Inside the exclosure, the ongoing loss of mature and immature red gums to brushtail
possums, ringbarking by rabbits, severe grazing by rabbits, kangaroos and wallabies, and accelerated soil erosion combine to make an ecological disaster.
In a rich habitat, such as a forest along the Sangamon River, there were approximately 300
possums per square mile.
"Our hypothesis is really that this is a disease of
possums," he said.
This cross-sectional study targeted free-ranging brushtail
possums inhabiting both urbanised environments and bushland within the Statistical Division of Perth.
One Sydney local reported that, "in suburbs near national parks, residents frequently found native animals such as snakes,
possums, and echidnas [spiny anteaters] wandering across roads, because they had nowhere else to go.
I think there were four
possums living in the back of my truck when I realized that my truck's inspection sticker had expired and that I was driving illegally.
tularensis-positive samples were obtained from ringtail
possums found in the Sydney north shore area and were associated with 2 separate mass mortality events in May 2002 (sample 7) and August 2003 (sample 2).
During 2011 and 2012, the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE) radio-tracked Leadbeater's
Possums in the Powelltown area to investigate whether the species regularly cross roads or whether roads are likely to fragment local populations.
Once Samuel gets to the zoo, we learn he's most eager to see the
possums, which hang upside down in their cage.
Possums in New Zealand are another example of unforeseen consequences.
Under this goal of regional-scale eradication, areas will be declared free of TB in
possums based partly on the outputs from a spatially explicit and quantitative "Proof of Freedom" (PoF) predictive modelling framework [8, 9].
This Mexican legend attempts to explain both why
possums play dead, and how it lost the hair on its tail.
