• With building now underway and expected to be completed by spring, the breeding facility at Secret Creek Sanctuary aims to produce a large, healthy population of Mountain Pygmy-possums. (edu.au)
  • Research colleague Dr Hayley Bates, whose PhD was focused on understanding how these possums managed to just survive in the alpine habitat today, says Mountain Pygmy-possums have to escape the freezing temperatures of winter by hibernating in rock piles using the snow cover as insulation. (edu.au)
  • Current estimates suggest there are only 1500 Mountain Pygmy-possums left in New South Wales and Victoria, with numbers fluctuating depending on the severity of weather conditions from one year to the next, Prof. Archer says. (edu.au)
  • One will house a large number of mountain pygmy possums, and genetically-selected pairs will live in nest-boxes in the other. (abc.net.au)
  • A spiny-tailed gecko was spotted curled up with pygmy possums. (abc.net.au)
  • Yes, says Julia Nowack of the University of New England in Australia, lead author of a study in Springer's journal The Science of Nature about the reaction of pygmy-possums in such instances. (scienceblog.com)
  • Pygmy-possums ( Cercartetus nanus ) live in trees mainly along the south-east coast of Australia. (scienceblog.com)
  • Nowack's team conducted tests under laboratory conditions on five eastern pygmy-possums while they were experiencing torpor. (scienceblog.com)
  • It was found that pygmy-possums are able to pick up the smell of smoke while experiencing torpor, but that their subsequent responses are temperature dependent. (scienceblog.com)
  • When their body temperature was around 24 degrees Celsius, the pygmy-possums were able to perform advanced moves such as climbing up their tails. (scienceblog.com)
  • Artwork showing Mountain Pygmy-possum ancestor Burramys brutyi (top left) among other prehistoric animal contemporaries about 25 to 10 million years ago. (edu.au)
  • A common Australian brushtail possum, which had made its way into the office through the roof. (buzzfeed.com)
  • Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum will benefit those working to both conserve and control the animal. (phys.org)
  • The brushtail possum asked the sugar glider, "Are we related? (phys.org)
  • So how do shy lowland ringtail possums thrive on New Guinea's busy coasts? (wizzley.com)
  • A mask is endearing on New Guinea's masked ringtail possums. (wizzley.com)
  • Weyland ringtail possums indeed have just one address: New Guinea's Weyland Mountains. (wizzley.com)
  • It also is home to Arfak ringtail possums. (wizzley.com)
  • The same can be said of Daintree River ringtail possums. (wizzley.com)
  • Rock ringtail possums are not nest-building tree-dwellers. (wizzley.com)
  • holarctica biovar japonica from diseased ringtail possums in Sydney, Australia. (cdc.gov)
  • 1 of these involved exposure to ringtail possums ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Together these cases suggest a possible wider distribution of F. tularensis in the Southern Hemisphere and a potential reservoir in ringtail possums in Australia. (cdc.gov)
  • As part of a wider study of neglected and undiagnosed disease syndromes observed in Australia wildlife, we investigated the possible infectious cause of several deaths in ringtail possums that were most often associated with acute necrotizing enteritis or hepatitis. (cdc.gov)
  • The Australian possum, a small arboreal marsupial, was introduced to New Zealand by European settlers in the late 1800's. (davidmorgan.com)
  • Dactylopsila trivirgata (Striped Possum) is a species of mammals in the family gliders . (eol.org)
  • If the possum recovers from the encounter, Fegan was told it would be returned to his property because the species is territorial. (newsweek.com)
  • We soon raised over a million AUD which enabled us to help support endangered species in Australia and we did not want to miss the Mountain Pygmy-possum which was also threatened by climate change. (edu.au)
  • Scientists and conservationists involved in the project plan to release captive-bred possums into lowland wet forests after acclimatising them to the local conditions, the foods and other species they will encounter in their new homes. (edu.au)
  • The possums cause enormous ecological damage to plant and bird life in the native forests, threatening survival of native species including the kiwi. (davidmorgan.com)
  • Researchers estimate there are fewer than 2,000 of the 25 million-year-old possum species left in Australia. (abc.net.au)
  • Humane harvesting of possums for their fur is one part of New Zealand's efforts to eradicate the Australian possum and preserve native environments. (davidmorgan.com)
  • In that book, Hush the possum and her Grandma Poss encounter different Australian animals and travel across well eat their way through the country. (r-bloggers.com)
  • Pygmy Mountain-possums will soon be bred and acclimatised to conditions in Lithgow with a view to releasing them into a temperate lowland environment. (edu.au)
  • Research shows that the preferred habitat for possums in the Burramys group has always been cool, lowland wet rainforest in contrast to the alpine habitat where they just manage to survive today. (edu.au)
  • Scientists working to save Australia's critically endangered mountain pygmy possum are getting a helping hand from across the globe, with the Prague Zoo donating $190,000 towards a new captive-breeding facility. (abc.net.au)
  • Although low levels of neutralizing antibodies have been detected in kangaroos, wallabies, possums, horses, cats and dogs after experimental infection, the detected viraemia is considered too low for an insect vector to acquire the virus. (who.int)
  • Ms Sanders said the gecko was probably cuddled up with the possums for warmth. (abc.net.au)
  • Professor Mike Archer, a leading palaeontologist who has unearthed many of Australia's diverse and often bizarre prehistoric animals - most notably from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area deposits in northwestern Queensland- was the first to spot that Burramys parvus was probably a possum out of place . (edu.au)
  • UNSW Professor of Biological Science, Mike Archer, said the pygmy possum could now only be found in the alpine zones of NSW and Victoria. (abc.net.au)
  • Professor Mike Archer says fossil records show the mountain pygmy-possum used to live at lower altitudes. (abc.net.au)
  • He said: "I arrived home from the gym on Tuesday morning to be greeted by the sight of a very large python hanging from the door of the possum box with its tail wrapped around the back legs of a very distressed possum which was very much alive. (newsweek.com)
  • He nonchalantly unravelled the snake's tail, grabbed the possum in one hand and then grabbed the snakes head and extracted it from the box, chatting to us as we watched. (newsweek.com)
  • Bird's Tail Peninsula ringtails get called moss-forest possums for living super-high up. (wizzley.com)
  • When you asked him what Possum-Man's super powers were, he would laugh and say that Possum-Man was super-powered-ly nearsighted, and had the ability to super-sleep while hanging upside-down from his super-tail. (boingboing.net)
  • Janganpa Jukurrpa (common brush-tail possum [Trichosurus vulpecula] Dreaming) travels all over Warlpiri country. (warlu.com)
  • Possum burns his tail and is left hairless and Buzzard burns the feathers of his head and is left bald, but Grandmother Spider is able to achieve what the others could not. (cdc.gov)
  • The critically endangered Mountain Pygmy-possum ( Burramys parvus ) has been thrown a lifeline from an unexpected quarter after the Czech Republic's Prague Zoo committed $190,000 towards the building of a breeding facility in Lithgow, NSW. (edu.au)
  • If this reference doesn't resonate, imagine a cat-sized cross between a possum and a koala that can also basically fly. (cosmosmagazine.com)
  • I speak as a daddy Possum, get your faith on cuzz it is here. (dinarvets.com)
  • A possum found hanging upside down in the grasp of a large carpet python was rescued by quick-thinking residents this week in Australia. (newsweek.com)
  • Pictures taken by Fegan uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday showed the possum, which he named Reggie, was left hanging upside down in the air. (newsweek.com)
  • Then finally on the morning of Jan. 22, some good news: the possum had departed Blakeman's office of its own accord. (buzzfeed.com)
  • That's because the opossum, which is commonly referred to as "possum," the name of its distant cousins from down under, is so misunderstood. (geeksofdoom.com)
  • Momma is going to get a big time work out today as Possum goes into full time party mood! (dinarvets.com)
  • The lizard seemed cosy and content in the box with the possum family. (abc.net.au)
  • possum had the most liked content! (dinarvets.com)
  • New Guinea really has coppery green-bodied, ring-tailed possums. (wizzley.com)
  • Possums are nocturnal creatures, so being stuck in an office filled with light is not ideal. (buzzfeed.com)
  • There is always a shortage of mature trees with suitable hollow branches in suburban areas so possums often take up residence in ceiling cavities," she said. (buzzfeed.com)
  • The unique soft pointed ends and hollow core of possum fur provide an extremely light, soft and luxurious fiber. (davidmorgan.com)
  • The smooth fibres of possum fur have hollow cores and soft pointed ends. (davidmorgan.com)
  • Ep 9: Episode Nineteen: Worms Birds Possums. (hbo.com)
  • John Fegan, of Kenmore, a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, contacted a local snake wrangler after returning home on Tuesday morning to find the constrictor poking out of a nesting box with its body tightly coiled around the possum. (newsweek.com)
  • Experts later said if the snake had got the possum around the chest it would have meant certain death. (newsweek.com)
  • He said the fact that the snake hadn't been able to get the possum round the chest is the reason it was still alive and decided to take it to the RSPCA," Fegan said. (newsweek.com)
  • Possum must go asleep because the sun is rising and let the voices minister to him with more valuble Intel and knowledge. (dinarvets.com)
  • To make matters worse, climate change has also drastically reduced the possums' main food supply: Bogong moths. (edu.au)
  • We do not want to miss the mountain pygmy possum, which is threatened by climate change,' Mr Bobek said. (abc.net.au)
  • Lothlorian is a New Zealand company offering a range of possum/Merino woolens, designed and crafted in their specialised knitting plant located on the outskirts of Aukland. (davidmorgan.com)
  • The blended yarn is 40% New Zealand possum fur, 50% Merino wool and 10% nylon to stablize and strengthen the yarn. (davidmorgan.com)
  • Using a $9 dog treat toy, University of Canterbury (UC) Master's student Emma Godfrey has conducted research showing, for the first time, that common brushtail possums can learn from their peers. (phys.org)
  • Momma run off the last time I was rehabbing, but no problem for possum cuzz he's got girls of every shape, color and flavor begging to play some possum games with him. (dinarvets.com)
  • Possum Says Its Party Time! (dinarvets.com)
  • This 5-1/2" tall, soft TPR Splat Possum is filled with sand. (mcphee.com)
  • However, in 2011, a case of ulceroglandular tularemia was reported in an adult bitten by a wild ringtail possum ( Pseudocheirus peregrinus ) in western Tasmania, Australia ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • the possum wasn't in the cage but it seems to have found it's own way out of the room. (buzzfeed.com)
  • Went to let the girls out this morning and found a possum tangled up in the deer neeting I have set up in their extended pen. (backyardchickens.com)
  • Researchers will live-capture about 15 possums from Mount Kosciuszko to create a colony at the Secret Creek Sanctuary. (abc.net.au)
  • My wife called me later and told me that she went out to check on them because they were sounding the distress call and that there was a live possum tangled in the netting. (backyardchickens.com)
  • In possums, these energy-saving events are not linked to specific seasons, and can occur year-round. (scienceblog.com)
  • Life is good when you are a possum. (microsoft.com)
  • On the eve of only their second official week of service, the team at Old Possum Brewing Co. seem in good spirits while making preparations for the week ahead. (bohemian.com)
  • We can't say that real possums make for very good pets, but our Lil' Baby Possum stuffed animal is perfectly designed for the job! (shoppigment.com)
  • Possum was very, very good at math. (boingboing.net)
  • Believers and backsliders too, possum has received the 800 number list and is partying like a wild animal! (dinarvets.com)
  • Fegan told Newsweek that he has had a possum box on his property since around 2011 and Reggie appeared last year after another "long term female tenant" possum used the box over the prior seven or eight years, but disappeared after having babies. (newsweek.com)
  • That is about how long a pygmy ringtail possum is. (wizzley.com)
  • The director of the zoo, Miroslav Bobek, said they had heard about the innovative plan to save the possum and did not hesitate to support it. (abc.net.au)
  • To play possum when one hears the footfall of Fate on the stairs. (dictionary.com)
  • Board of County Supervisors Chair Ann Wheeler, who was in attendance Tuesday night, said the fate of the coal ash at Possum Point was a matter that will affect the entire county, not just the Potomac District. (wtop.com)
  • Possum's Revenge gives you a great variety of trails with great variety and amazing views of Possum Kingdom Lake. (ultrasignup.com)
  • The City of Abilene takes the raw brackish water from Possum Kingdom Lake and processes it through both a Pall membrane filtration system and a reverse osmosis system to meet water quality standards and have a treatment capacity of 15 MGD. (ferrovial.com)
  • The show welcomes viewers to Possum Lake, Canada where Red, his nerdy nephew Harold, and a handful of other colorful characters film a do-it-yourself TV show. (redgreen.com)
  • The possum population is now around 30 million, or about 7 possums for each New Zealander. (davidmorgan.com)
  • You can't play possum forever. (dictionary.com)
  • Why not, he asked himself, ' play possum ' with the man and the dog, and pretend to be badly hurt and unconscious? (dictionary.com)
  • For possums, I'm using a family of possums whose Wikipedia page did not indicate they were mostly urban. (r-bloggers.com)
  • Privacy Possum is designed to block common commercial tracking methods by reducing and falsifying the data gathered by tracking companies. (mozilla.org)
  • No movements were observed when the outdoor temperature stood at a cold 10 degrees Celsius and the possums had a low body temperature. (scienceblog.com)
  • Changing conditions have also led to the apparently drastic reduction in the possums' main food supply: Bogong moths. (abc.net.au)
  • DO NOT place food scraps in the garden for birds, raccoons, or possums. (medlineplus.gov)
  • We call him Possum because when he was in elementary school, at the Waldorf, he invented a superhero alter-ego for himself called Possum Man, and he drew this character, complete with a cape. (boingboing.net)
  • My fiancee and I were at a going away party for one of our co-workers who was transferring out of state when we got a call from her mom telling us that a possum had been in the coop when she went to shut the coop up for the night. (backyardchickens.com)
  • Splat Possum is appropriate for expressing a whole range of possum-related emotions. (mcphee.com)
  • WARNING: Never set me anywhere you wouldn't let a real possum sit down because we both can stain. (mcphee.com)
  • Lithgow has been identified as an ideal spot to set the possums free once they reach surplus numbers. (abc.net.au)
  • Life is simple when you're a possum. (microsoft.com)
  • Today, many friends and loved ones of Erik "Possum Man" Stewart gathered at Toronto's Mount Pleasant Cemetery to remember him and his life. (boingboing.net)
  • Due out tomorrow, Possum "stars Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong, telling the story of a disgraced children's puppeteer who returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life. (self-titledmag.com)