Thread: TB in possums - not many if any

Originally Posted by smidey

this image sums it up well i think

This picture is a good example of all is not what we think it is. It is a commercial Image produced by Nga Manu Images. It is for sale right now and has appeared in publications as a native birds nest, a thrushes nest and a song thrush's nest. So you it can see it can be whatever you want it to be. The word Image give a good clue. With half tame animals and the use of bait you can train possums and rats to do anything.

DOC has admitted to their embarrassment that the image is Doctored. You would also have to ask why, DOC with all their cameras set up recording nesting birds has been unable to film a clear shot of possums robbing nests. The contents of thousands of possum stomachs have been examined with nil or little evidence of nest predation.