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The possum.

No, not the opossum which is American but the Australian possum. They are mainly leaf eaters but do succumb to fruit which I use to catch and relocate them. Apples are their favourite. They are nocturnal and love to make home in the roofs of houses. They become a nuisance and if they make it into your ceiling you will reckon there’s a footy team up there playing a grand final. They wake sometime after dark and venture out to feed. They return about an hour before daylight. They can be tamed easily, especially with fruit but quickly become a pest. They love to decimate your orchard by taking one only bite from each piece of fruit then dropping it on the ground and moving on the do the same to the entire tree. They are marsupials and prolific breeders.

I read thereare more than 20 types of possums in Australia but I know only two. Brush tailsand ring tails. The former being more common. I wish I didn’t know any.