Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Meet AWC’s pint-sized pollinators, the pygmy possums!
Weighing about the same as a golf ball, these tiny tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupials live in a variety of habitats. They primarily feed on nectar, but will also enjoy fruit, seeds, and insects.
Pygmy possums make small, spherical nests by lining tree hollows, tree forks or abandoned bird nests with shredded bark and use their prehensile (grasping) tails like fifth limbs to climb swiftly and deftly leap between tall trees.
If the weather gets too cold, they enter a state of torpor by curling up, folding in their ears and lowering their internal temperature and metabolic rate to conserve energy. This can last for a few hours or for days on end.
Find out more about these tiny, but mighty, marsupials 👉 bit.ly/AWC-pygmy-possums
Meet AWC’s pint-sized pollinators, the pygmy possums!
Weighing about the same as a golf ball, these tiny tree-dwelling nocturnal marsupials live in a variety of habitats. They primarily feed on nectar, but will also enjoy fruit, seeds, and insects.
Pygmy possums make small, spherical nests by lining tree hollows, tree forks or abandoned bird nests with shredded bark and use their prehensile (grasping) tails like fifth limbs to climb swiftly and deftly leap between tall trees.
If the weather gets too cold, they enter a state of torpor by curling up, folding in their ears and lowering their internal temperature and metabolic rate to conserve energy. This can last for a few hours or for days on end.
Find out more about these tiny, but mighty, marsupials 👉 bit.ly/AWC-pygmy-possums
