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Ironically, the species in New Zealand that conservationists there expect to be toughest to deal with isn’t rats, possums, or stoats – but humans.
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Scientists estimate that invasive stoats, rats, and possums kill 25 million native birds in the country every year.
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Mr. Day began selling Andrew Marc leather jackets with possum lining for $800.
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At one point, a large female deer bounded into the brush ahead of the ATV, leaving her very young fawn, possibly a newborn, hunkered down on the path playing possum.
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The view Saturday allowed Unser to see some downtown revelers and even a possum, the latter of which became the subject of on-air discussion.
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According to the district, a python growing to 13 feet typically eats in five to seven years one raccoon, one possum, four 5-foot alligators, 10 squirrels, 15 rabbits, 30 cotton rats, 72 mice and about three dozen birds.
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Participants regularly see active nocturnal snakes, lizards, possums, bandicoots, birds, insects, and other wildlife.
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In a battle to maintain its native flora and fauna, New Zealand engages in a constant struggle with feral tabbies, rabbits, possums, overgrazing deer, and other pests.
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