This animal that is sometimes considered a pest is moreinteresting than you would think. 

the common brush tail possum lives all around Australia and alsoTasmania. It lives in eucalyptus forests and mangroves. These possums live inhollow branches or logs. And if they live in a suburb they sometimes live inthe houses of roofs. They are nocturnal so they spend the day sleeping and thenight looking for food. It’s diet consists of leaves, fruits, and blossoms, butif it can’t find those it will usually eat whatever it finds. 

Their predators include dingoes, pythons, foxes, and cats. If theyfeel attacked they will make screeches or sounds in an attempt to scare thepredator. These animals mark their territory with scents. The possums can startbreeding when they are around the age of one. After 18 days they will be born. 

In some places these possums are considered pests. But they have apretty stable population but it is decreasing. They are 19 inches long andweigh around 5.3 pounds. Their color changes depending on what time of the yearit is, they can be light browns grey, red, dark brown, or cream colored. 

for wild suzhou i’m palm tree and thank you for listening.