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Old 08-Aug-06, 10:38 PM
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Here are a few pictures that came across my desk from a friend of a friend today (From Brisbane). Hopefully they are original and not stolen from another site. The information provided said it was a ringtailed possum.






 
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RE: Python V Possum

thats a big feed!
 
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Old 08-Aug-06, 10:43 PM
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How cool is that!!! Feel sorry for the possum though.
 
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RE: Python V Possum

Looked like a decent size possum. Just shows that they can eat huge meals.
 
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Old 08-Aug-06, 10:49 PM
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RE: Python V Possum

Whoa, thats got to be verging on rediculously greedy . What a pig. That will keep him/her going for a while.
 
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RE: Python V Possum

If I remember the email text correctly , the python actually fell out of the tree in the process of killing / eating the possum. DOH!
 
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Woh. would have liked to have seen that from start to finish! can picture that python returning home, flopping down on the couch, unbuttoning its jeans and watching the game with a toothpick in its mouth...
 
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Tell you what if you hadn't said it was in Brisbane you could almost say it looks a lot like an intergrade and in the second pic it looks real yellow to..
 
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dam I miht go and feed mine a dog now that I know they can eat things that big
 
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I bet he wont be moving too far any time soon...
 
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dam I miht go and feed mine a dog now that I know they can eat things that big
You must be talking about feeding your Pygmy Python, Why not try a sheep
 
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I wonder how many of those a year would be classed as over-feeding.
 
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The information provided said it was a ringtailed possum.
Yep, ringtails have the white tail tip unlike brushtails.
raist- I doubt it could make it to the couch with that load
 
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RE: p vs p

ringtails are not all that big 700 t0 1100grams head to body 30-35cms.
 
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