Non possumLove potatoes,
Fond of rice,
But can’t bear cuscus.© Tim Knight and timknightwriter, 2014.
Biodiversity challenge – Bear cuscus
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Tag Archives: marsupial
Biodiversity challenge – Quokka
Last Resortdrought resistant
cud chewing
rat on steroids
avoids invaders
shockerdingo virus
and fiery fox
download spell
double trouble for
quokkaisland refuge
offers firewall
between final
quokkas and hurt
lockerrecreation bug
new threat to
Rottnest retreat –
are they off their
rocker?© Tim Knight and timknightwriter, 2014.
Biodiversity challenge – Woylie
Two wrongs don’t help the bettongThe bounty hunters: they came
In search of putative pests,
Pouched their reward and hopped it;
Mistaken for murine vermin,
Three million marsupials copped it.The hungry aliens: they crashed the gate,
Unwelcome vulpine, rodent, feline guests;
They came, they saw, they ate,
Made a bee-line for the natives,
Laying waste to witless woylies.Hope I’m wrong,
But I wouldn’t like to bet on
The brush-tailed bettong
Surviving for long.© Tim Knight and timknightwriter, 2014.
Biodiversity challenge – Flying phalanger
Don’t look back, phalangerTold me he had
To fly.
Took off
Without a backward glance.
Too bad
I was denied the chance
To watch the phalanger
For longer.© Tim Knight and timknightwriter, 2014.
Biodiversity challenge – Yapok
La Belle Yapok (Marsupial supermum)Speaking sub-aquatically
The yapok is no slouch.
If she dives underwater
While suckling her daughter,
The entrance to her pouch
Closes automatically.© Tim Knight and timknightwriter, 2014.
