Interesting article on graziers on stressed trees

[Chaplain242]

Why sweet-toothed possums graze on stressed, sickly-looking trees

When a plant is stressed, it mobilises its resources and often converts its starch reserves back to sugar. As soon as this happens, the stressed plant becomes sweeter than its healthier neighbours.

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[Stumpsprouts]

This is my kind of clickbait.

The wife and I chased a possum out of our under-construction addition last night at 2am. It was a young buddy and it was adorable. It has come up the locust post on our deck and that’s how it got back down. Steady, graceful climbers, tell you what.

 

[Chaplain242]

There is still one in a hollow column holding up my garage… haven’t had the heart to remove it until I make a house for it as storms have reduced the available trees around the house, unless I make the necessary 20 mile drive to rehome it elsewhere (neighbours have done so with the possum returning within days even after a 10 mile drive..)

 

[Reach]

There is still one in a hollow column holding up my garage… haven’t had the heart to remove it until I make a house for it as storms have reduced the available trees around the house, unless I make the necessary 20 mile drive to rehome it elsewhere (neighbours have done so with the possum returning within days even after a 10 mile drive..)

Maybe I’m just too soft, I tend to let the wild things be. Hence the reason a family of groundhogs live under my kitchen. They’re generally quiet, except early Spring, when the cats go crazy running around the kitchen looking at the floor.

 

[Chaplain242]

Maybe I’m just too soft, I tend to let the wild things be. Hence the reason a family of groundhogs live under my kitchen. They’re generally quiet, except early Spring, when the cats go crazy running around the kitchen looking at the floor.

Possums urinate and stink - If it gets bad I just pour some gas on the floor and he disappears for a few days, otherwise it can get a bit musty...