![]() ![]() Possums can easily change their habits so that they can survive with the changing seasons. Possums can eat vegetables and fruits as well so they can also easily find them through their smelling sense. They can easily sense any kind of movement around them and thus can hunt small animals for their food. This not only helps in their protection but this quality is also really helpful in finding their prey. This is the biggest advantage they are having because with this they can protect themselves from predators. They generally sleep in the daytime and usually hunt during the night time because of their poor visibility but they are having a very good sense of smelling and hearing. That’s why they look for shelters in hollow trees, wood piles, rock crevices, and burrows by other animals or space in buildings. They don’t dig their own holes because their paws are not that strong. ![]() They do look for a shelter before winters so that they can live there and can save them from cold. They change their living habits but don’t stay for months in their hole. They may sleep a little longer during winters but they are not the true hibernators. It does not matter to them that whether it is summer, rainy or winter season, they are always alert and ready to go out. This is a good way to protect themselves from extreme winters and this survival technique is followed by many animals (either small or large).īut not every animal hibernate and possums are among those. Some common animals which hibernate include bats and bears. ![]() This is how most of the animals survive during winters. Then they can easily sleep or stay for 4-5 months until the arrival of spring season. These animals either collect a large supply of food with them so that they can survive easily for whole winters or eat a large portion of food. There are many types of animals which hibernate during winters. ![]()
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