Kylie Greenan Photography
Sam eating his banana :o)
Posted by Kylie Greenan (Hunters Hill, Australia) on 15 September 2008 in Animal & Insect.
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jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
Absolutely beautfiul photo Kylie I can't believe that he is happy to sit there and eat while you take his photo!!! Still a pest in NZ but very cute in Aussie
15 Sep 2008 6:06am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
so adorable! will he come and eat out of your hand? can you pet him? here they are considered quite dirty -- can't remember if that is the same in oz or not! great shot!
15 Sep 2008 7:00am
@dj.tigersprout: Thanks DJ :o), yes he eats out of my hand, he waits for me each night to come out with his banana!!!!, I could almost pet him but I haven't wanted to scare him, I have only been feeing them really for a few months (my neighbour does also, they are very spoilt)... No I haven't got the idea here they are dirty or diseased, just painful when they live in your roof, but mine don't, they live up the big old trees that overhang my house, we (my cats, the possums and I) have a mutual understanding :o) Thanks for dropping by. I am heading home now, will visting your page soon!
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Amazing shot Kyles!!!! Awe, bless his little Possum socks:-))) Look at his little tongue tee hee! Those eyes....awe:-). I love him Kyles....you are so lucky:-) I did a bit of research and I thought these 2 sites were the best at giving the information on why the Possum in NZ is considered a pest and not in Australia. It also has a picture of a really 'not quite nice' possum from North America. Anyhoo, just if anyone is interested
http://www.kcc.org.nz/pests/possum.asp
http://www.possumnz.com/Possum_Fact_File_3.aspx
Hope the second one with the Possum products doesn't upset you Kyles:-(
15 Sep 2008 7:16am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.possumnz.com/Possum_Fact_File_3.aspx
Hope it works this time!!!!!
15 Sep 2008 7:19am
@Linerberry: ohhh deary me, you can buy possum garments!!!!! :o(, they look pretty much the same hey Liners, those north American ones don't look very friendly do they!! Don't think I would be feeding them my bananas... going to the next link, thanks for these, they are really cool!
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.kcc.org.nz/pests/possum.asp
Sorry Kyles...it won't let me post more than one link at a time!!!
15 Sep 2008 7:20am
@Linerberry: Well there you go... unbelievable... I just looked up the Wikipedia and it tells me that the possies are protected in Australia and whilst somtimes a pain with their noisy hissing and garden pruning :o) they cannot be baited, but I don't think we get near as many here as you do, 20 in a yard and night? There would be nothing left!!!!!! Thanks so much for posting the info my friend, very fascinating indeed, although not sure about those possum furs you can wear LOL! Have an awesome evening!
Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand
Neat image Kylie, you are wise to feed them, we had a family of wild opossums living near our farmhouse and they would pick up small pinecones and roll them down the roof and then slide claws out down the roof making a dreadful screeching sound!!! My husband at the time(not the one in the earlier photos) got so annoyed he grabbed the shot gun and let rip!! He forgot that the downpipe was where he had aimed and we had a sieve for a pipe for a few weeks until he fixed it. It was hilarious and the possums all survived!!!!
15 Sep 2008 7:38am
@Maxine: OMG Max that is the funniest story, I am glad the possums survived, I bet your ex was even more annoyed at his hopeless aim and the damage he had to fix, too funny! Thanks for the laugh :o)
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Oh I envy you Kylie .. he's adorable! Never seen one before but he looks like a mixture of a kangaroo and a chinchilla! Good of you to spoil him and his friend, they are lovely and very funny I guess, after reading yesterday's post about the illegal visit to your kitchen :)))
15 Sep 2008 8:58am
kylie from Shanghai, China
Oh this makes me chuckle, I love Sam. He is so full of personality!
15 Sep 2008 9:11am
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Yours is a rather cute fellow, and he is posing quite nicely for your shot! Here, where I live in North America (an urban area), we mostly see them lying dead on the side of the road. I have a water garden in my backyard and so occasionally will have a possum or two wander in for water. I have to be cautious with my cat ... he's a rather territorial feline and prefers not to share his habitat with others. I'm not so sure how happy I'd be to find one having a snack on my kitchen table!
15 Sep 2008 10:56am
@Ron: Hahha, thanks for your comments Ron, I have learned to put the fruit away in the cupboard so they haven't been in for a party for a while, I love them though and my cats find them fascinating, they just sit and look at them, I think the possums are in charge LOL, they are very cheeky but I find them quite lovable. The cat flap is actually a floorboard cut out in the kitchen, The timnber floor is very low to the ground, so they had worked out that if they come in under the house and up through the board they could get to the fruit, I had to train my cats to go in and out this way but the possums figured it out on their own :o). Thanks for stopping by, always lovely to read your comments!
Rui from Leiria, Portugal
He's very cute! And has a very inquisitive face. Very nice shot Kylie
15 Sep 2008 11:30am
papa bear from Australia
Great portrait Kylie 'tis amazing that he just lets you take a pix with a flash. They are pretty smart, he is repaying your hospitality by being model for you.
He wants to be able to enjoy another banana tomorrow.
15 Sep 2008 11:38am
@papa bear: Hahha, you are so funny Dad, I love this comment, you are right!!! He knows where the food is coming from, he's a smart boy the old Sam! Thanks for your comment :o), love ya to bits!
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
How absolutely adorable! He's so tame...you've got a very cute friend there Kylie!
15 Sep 2008 12:47pm
@bluechameleon: Thanks so much Bluechameleon, apprecite you stopping by and comment, it's always an honour!
Mandy Provan from Johannesburg, South Africa
Hey Kylie, Whata little cutie you have here!1 Great shot.
15 Sep 2008 2:15pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
If we had possums that cute, I'd feed them too. As I mentioned yesterday, we got the ugly branch of the evolutionary tree. Another great portrait of the cute guy.
15 Sep 2008 2:57pm
Zygene from morlaix, France
Une magnifique prise bien nette, vraiment de toute beauté.
15 Sep 2008 5:07pm
Florence from Paris, France
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15 Sep 2008 6:55pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
He is so cute and obviously enjoying his nightly treat.
15 Sep 2008 7:31pm
Charles from New York, United States
Nice shot. Great detail on the paws. Little fellow looks hungry.
15 Sep 2008 8:08pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
He's enjoying the banana, maybe he thinks you've adopted him...? :)
15 Sep 2008 8:56pm
Brian from Seattle, United States
Really cute! Just like me, one banana each morning, very good stuff.
16 Sep 2008 3:46am
@Brian: Hahha, he's cute like you or he has a banana like you Brian ? :o), thanks for stopping by, loved your comment!
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
Yeah - I always thought it was funny that my Jasper *cute little thing - remember shes the sugar glider* I thought it was funny she was related to a Possum especially the ugly ones here - and yes most of the time they are pretty mean here. Yours looks cute as a button & now I can see how my sugar glider is related. They eat the same way... holding the fruit and then chewing.
17 Sep 2008 2:46am
Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada
what a cutie!! i love animals so much i forgot about your eggs and clicked on this guy's tiny icon lolol this is great
18 Sep 2008 7:26am
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
I am with Elaine... I forgot about the eggs as soon as I saw this furry critter... we had one near my house and it was either bread/honey or apple... one time a baby had come onto our porch... we were patting him and feeding him... look back now it is a wonder he didn't take our hand off... the Possums here are vicious... here they are called Opossum and oh my... the teeth on them...
18 Sep 2008 11:44am
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
You and Sam have excelled yourselves in this second portrait, Kylie! He's posed well and you've caught him perfectly.
9 Oct 2008 12:50pm
Canon EOS 40D
1/60 second
F/5.6
ISO 400
73 mm