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Maro
08-13-2005, 01:55 AM
Here is a Ring-tailed Possum from Tasmania. I was there last month staying at
Cradle Mountain Lodge (http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.cradlemountainlodge.com.au/&ei=J6b9Qr3WJ8-a4QHE5aAh) for a Stag weekend.

We heard the scrabbling on the veranda roof and I climbed up for a close encounter!
Maro
08-13-2005, 01:56 AM
it came a little closer to get at the Apple I'd thrown up there
Maro
08-13-2005, 01:57 AM
Had a nibble of it
Maro
08-13-2005, 01:58 AM
And another piece to eat
Maro
08-13-2005, 01:59 AM
Came to say Hello
Maro
08-13-2005, 02:00 AM
Leant down for a sniff
Maro
08-13-2005, 02:01 AM
Then it actually tried to eat the lens off my camera! :shocking


This is the last shot just before "impact"
maud'ib
08-13-2005, 06:19 AM
Hehe- all this before he shows his teeth and launches at you :KICK ASS j.k.

Seriously though, excellent pictures. :thumb You should move this thread over to the "Animals & Pets" forum when you get a chance. That forum needs more input like this.
egarrard
08-13-2005, 07:18 AM
Could be an ad.
Maro
08-13-2005, 09:12 AM
He was mischievious. The Resort was cool - individual cabins. There were Possums, Wombats and Padmelons (like small Wallabies).
tanman_sg
08-13-2005, 04:15 PM
Hmm, sounds like you had fun, but..


In NZ we'd have killed it and made nipple warmers out of it!
bejohnson
08-13-2005, 06:01 PM
Great pictures Maro. :Thumb

A big relief also. From the thread title "Say hello to my little friend!” I was afraid that you were modeling a little sock puppet in a very disturbing manner. :noway :lmao
Maro
08-13-2005, 08:11 PM
Well it is the weekend! :shocking

Sadly the photos of the Padmelons didn't come out as they are too quick!

It was a great weekend - we climbed Cradle Mountain and did some caving. I have to work on those photos as the exposure is a bit off.