‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold
- Written by Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral research fellow in conservation, University of Sydney
Timothy Christianto, ShutterstockWhen dead animals are left lying around in nature, who takes advantage of the free feed – carnivores or herbivores? The answer may surprise you.
In Australia, people tend to think carnivores – such as dingoes, ravens, foxes and wedge-tailed eagles – lead the clean-up crew.
But our new research show...





