Australian possums are not native to the Americas, perhaps you're thinking of oposums (which are, but not related). Nor are the two species rodents, but marsupials. I guess you didn't learn that at school. I teach at a university, so if you'd like to be educated about things perhaps pm me and we can organise some lessons?
Trivial fact about songbirds: they all evolved from a common ancestor in Australia 24 million years ago, and "island hopped" their way across the world:
Interesting read! I'm up for more lessons! Read the article to Ms Charlotte, who was decidedly less interested than when songbirds in surround was playing! I should have taken a video of her stalking the soundstage, searching for a morning repast!
Well, I was trying to keep the explanation simple for Sal. If the adaptive radiation of the two possum types followed the aftermath of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 65m years ago, then they are indeed related (as marsupials) in the sense of being in the same "Infraclass", but not related as they are of a different taxonomic "Order". It's a matter of how far back you want to go to say any two species are "related"; go back further still and us humans are also "related" to the possums as we're all mammals (but that's not very informative here).
This is why i don't mess with university professors . . . they are related to possums!
Well give the professor a cupie doll.
OMG, I'll always remember that cover. I lusted after her thru my entire youth. LOL
Woof Woof Bodhi.
Didn't Australia start as a penal colony? Not including the indigenous people that is.
Since this is a pet thread, shouldn’t you post a picture of the cow instead of the cow parts?
Happy er, 30th Birthday, Old Man!
If you insist.Since this is a pet thread, shouldn’t you post a picture of the cow instead of the cow parts?
Happy birthday
