Tag: Possum Diet
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What Do Brushtail Possums Eat? – Brushtail Possum Diet and Eating Habits
Brushtail possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) are generally folivores. Like most other possums, they are nocturnal too. Possums do occasionally take on small mammals including rats. Common brushtail possums are thought to feed on numerous types of vegetation. They will eat Eucalyptus leaves as well as fruits, seeds, shoots, and flowers. Let’s find out what do brushtail…
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What Fruit Do Possums Eat?…and Why? – Possums Secondary Diet
Possums are generalist feeders in that they do not have any preference for specific foods. Nearly all possums will eat buds, shoots, bark, and fern flesh. However, there are certain foods which they consume more frequently and likely than the others. These are flowers and fruits. Yes, that is true. Possums love to feed on…
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What Do Possums Eat? – Possum Diet and Eating Habits
Possums like to eat fruits, plants, seeds, buds, and small vertebrates. Nearly all possums including opossums are omnivores but most of them are vegetarians. Possums likely supplement their primary diet with rodents, snails, frogs, insects, mice slugs, scorpions, rats, birds, eucalyptus, and pollen. They are generalist feeders. Let’s see in detail as to what do…