if trees are cut down in the city, where will possums live?
- Written by Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockIf trees are cut down in the city, where will possums live? - Millie, age 9, Sydney.
Hi Millie.
Thanks for your question. I worry about this too.
Trees are really important to possums in the city. Like lots of Australian animals, possums depend on hollows — a hole that forms in trees as they get older. Because possums are nocturnal...





