East Maitland Library - Backyard Biodiversity Animal Show - January 11 from 10.30am to 11.30am - $5 - for ages two to 12 - Get up close and person with snakes, frogs and possums.

Source: https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/8456862/things-to-do-in-maitland-this-school-holidays-heres-whats-on/?src=rss

For example, honey possums and potoroos can “afford” to have longer faces than their larger relatives because they eat softer foods.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/experts-provide-a-new-theory-why-larger-mammals-tend-to-have-longer-fac/

In Aotearoa New Zealand, native forest bird species are under threat from introduced mammal predators such as possums, rats and stoats.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-native-birds-cooler-climes-higher.html

Not everyone is a fan of electric cars, but apparently these possums are!

Source: https://wibx950.com/ixp/39/p/opossums-saved-from-electric-car-upstate-new-york/

They point to reports that children have dressed up dead possums or drowned baby possums in buckets of water during school hunting fund-raisers as evidence that the events desensitize young people to violence.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/world/australia/new-zealand-hunting-invasive-species.html

They point to reports that children have dressed up dead possums or drowned baby possums in buckets of water during school hunting fund-raisers as evidence that the events desensitize young people to violence.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/world/australia/new-zealand-hunting-invasive-species.html