Hamilton couple adopt possum.

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Possums are public enemy number one when it comes to our native species, but one Hamilton woman finds at least one of them a little more endearing.
Courtney Harper's adopted a baby Possum after her boyfriend shot its mother, and brought the newborn home.
Two and a half years later, Poss is part of the family.
Janika ter Ellen went to meet them.

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11 сен 2024

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@MB32904 3 года назад

possums are so adorable

@jayesanimalbarn3179 5 лет назад

possums are great love them!!

@Han8955 7 лет назад

So lovely when he is eating! Cute

@XEFOLMr8LrPMZyF8kzJ Год назад

That cute pinky snoot 🥺

@jacintaedwards1123 3 года назад

Possums are awesome. I remember an encounter with a Mother and her baby while living in Ferntree Gully. I just wish I had some fruit at the time, I would love to have helped them with some fruit. Gliders are beautiful also, up around the Healesville area late at night they are active.

@michaelvangulik85 2 года назад

(Sorry, I had a comment but accidentally deleted it), Ferntree Gully, Healesville, are among some of the greatest suburbs within the world, and I can't wait to visit. The possums of the night are a great memory I have of those areas. Good to learn about the Healesville possum also…

@christianpaleka5063 Год назад

@@michaelvangulik85 I’m in Belgrave; it’s just as good

@Pgr-pt5ep 3 месяца назад

Seems in Australia "pest" and "pet" can be the same, both in pronunciation and reality.

@businesscat7833 4 месяца назад

I’m sorry, did they say that possums live 30 YEARS?! 😮

@slickstrings 3 месяца назад

It seems the oldest known brushtail lived 17 in captivity.

@kanna-san. 3 года назад

WHY CAN'T NORTH AMERICAN OPOSSUMS BE THIS CUTE TT_TT

@MB32904 3 года назад

agreed, although kinda cute, the possum is cuter than the opossum

@kkjhonynitro175 3 года назад

Possums in America are rat and Nutella enlarged hybrid.

@bonnie3232 3 года назад

Lol, I think they are as cute in their own way!

@TheBloggme 2 года назад

Because they're completely different animals.

@kanna-san. Год назад

@@TheBloggme fair point.

@Bessie-vb9yw 4 года назад

He's obese. What a fat ass. Totally adorable.

@XvoseEthereal Год назад

this thing probably stains the floor and the guy asks himself every day why the hell he brought it home

@felicitym4842 5 лет назад

They actually look like they'd be a great alternative to cats as pets, they wouldn't have the same instinct to go out and kill.

@sammcquilkin4071 5 лет назад

They do

@xtiancolquhoun7410 5 лет назад

@@sammcquilkin4071 no the fellas right. I've trapped possum know all their habits and what not,know how fast they can be climbing up trees and what not. Doesn't take a fucking rocket scientists to know that cat's are 100% worse then possum for killing birds. On top of that wouldn't even be including feral cats which survive on birds and mice a far better killers then possum.

@soko4710 5 лет назад

if you want a really stupid and ugly cat that doesn't bury its droppings, then go for it

@xtiancolquhoun7410 5 лет назад

@@soko4710 matter of the fact is that possum are a whole lot safer as pets then cats,cats are terrible creatures that have no place in nz,neither do possum. But cat's and possum aren't going to be gone from nz,cat's don't fall for 1080,and possum are starting to have lines where they are resilient to it aswell. Plus 1080 has been recorded by doc to kill our native birds. We will never truly be pest free which sucks.

@soko4710 5 лет назад

@@xtiancolquhoun7410 there are no 'possum lines that are resilient to 1080'. that is a common claim by antis that has no scientific evidence behind it whatsoever.

@gabriellebock7325 5 лет назад

how about dont hunt them? If you have compassion for one have compassion for all of them. Dont kill their mum then act like you 'rescued' them. You took their mum away and took them out of their natural habitat, therefore its your duty to care for them. Hate to think what poor innocent creatures are being kept in those tiny hutches in the backyard.

@felicitym4842 5 лет назад

Their natural habitat is in Australia. I love possums but they are seen as nothing more than pests in NZ as they're very destructive to the native plants and animals. People purposely run them down with their cars. Keeping one as a pet is a better alternative to killing one.

@GeneralCupcake 5 лет назад

They are pests in NZ, they get Hunter regularly to try and keep numbers down.

@kentallard8852 4 года назад

Possums are an introduced species in New Zealand. They are not native. They are a pest.

@jacquelineentwistle5091 2 года назад

Gabrielle book I agree 👍

@uggali 3 месяца назад

New Zealand is not their natural habitat they were introduced during the colonial period for the fur trade and have escaped into the wild driving our native species to near extinction both plants and animals alike

@unsubscribeplease8954 4 года назад

Other New Zealanders : can I borrow him .. we might come back with no fur but he will all be in a deep sleep

@Boyl151 4 года назад

Marshall 5050 that’s one of my jobs

@harrietking8768 2 года назад

They’re nocturnal and shouldn’t be up in the day - also grapes are toxic for possums in large quantities.

@bonnie3232 3 года назад

I have a Virginia Possum that is my heart.❤

@tracyholliday318 3 года назад

Do you still have him??

@gremics-gallery 3 года назад

Nice thanks for this. I will use this video as a reference for a chain saw carving i'm going to do.

@portroyal6886 Год назад

I laugh at the haters , something like this is an awesome story I think they are awesome animals,

@pattyfreeman5819 3 года назад

so so cute .wd all need to be more loving to these sweet outdoor animals..Please afterall they are Blessed by the best!

@NeverExhale 2 года назад

Adorable but helping our native species go extinct isn’t right Humans Possums Rodents NZs Pest order

@mickwarnie8707 Год назад

@@NeverExhale remove yourself then

@CarloFerraro 7 месяцев назад

Leave them alone, wild, they are experts in survival, petting wild animals is the worse, no excuse!

@michaelvangulik85 2 года назад

Lettuce, oats, and what?

@paulg3336 2 года назад

Kumara - polynesian sweet potato originating in South America en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato_cultivation_in_Polynesia

@Boyl151 4 года назад

Don’t they know it’s gonna rip your house to shreds

@tegan.austinn 3 года назад

I have a pet possum she’s just a baby and she’s fine she’s a bit crazy at night but she doesn’t she sleeps in her cage or under the sheets in our bed

@Boyl151 3 года назад

@@tegan.austinn It would be a tame one

@tegan.austinn 3 года назад

@@Boyl151 Yeah shes super gentle but she likes running up our legs which then leads to us getting some scratches haha.

@garethwynyard7039 2 года назад

Have u still got found 1 in my van and now it won't leve me follows me can I wash it

@lenibelle704 9 лет назад

he doesn't want to be your pet

@triciacheelbirthrightnz4815 6 лет назад

In New Zealand he does or otherwise he’s likely to be shot or even worse poisoned by 1080 - and suffer prolonged agonising torture before death . . . :{

@nickcorbett6649 3 года назад

Just wondering if anyone in NZ actually believes the propaganda about possums eating the island to death? I have around 10 in my small yard each night and got to know them all - beautiful, intelligent animals. We haven't lost a single plant to over grazing. I wonder if the NZ Govt. is actually more worried about protecting industry than nature. There are probably a lot of vested interests from farmers to the 1080 poison industry (NZ is responsible for 90% of the world's 1080 use each year).

@olson5000 2 года назад

I thought the problem was that they eat native bird eggs and young?

@hangfire5944 2 года назад

@@olson5000 they do ALL of those at once :D

@hangfire5944 2 года назад

And they spread diseases to trees and cattle

@legoyodagaming5051 Год назад

I've seen plenty of possum damage. Puriri trees stripped bare.

@jzjzjzj Год назад

Newzealand needs wild mammals. The government don't want wild mammals they want you reliant on them. Most farms are owned by Fontera. Some of fonterras profit goes to the government. Hunters don't pay farms so the government isn't happy.