Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’

The Latest in Possum Control

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I’m used to sharing Queenslander-style houses with a variety of wildlife, but snakes are new. Last night I was surprised by a two-metre long python on the back veranda, which hung around for a few minutes then disappeared back into the roof cavity.

I’m guessing this is why the possums have not been bothering us for the last week.

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Wanton Possum Destruction

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Such havoc a single possum can wreak in a single night. From this:

RIP Capsicums

To this:

Possum Damage to Capsicums

It didn’t even eat much; it just tore off the top branches, took a couple of bites out of a capsicum, and then left them in favour of demolishing the tomato seedlings.

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Gecko Eggs For Breakfast

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Gecko Eggs

I was going to take this carton from the chicken shed to collect the eggs. The geckos were already collecting theirs: there were tiny two eggs neatly placed in cups of the egg carton.

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