2008年12月1日月曜日

Animals in New Zealand


Do you know anything about “Possum”?

I will introduce about "Possum".
“Possum” originates from the name of “Opossum” which live in the America, however “possum” is different from “Opossum” as taxonomy. “Possum” looks like a cat, weasel or squirrel. “Possum” came from Europe by European to hunt for their skin. In Australia, they are few number because they were decided as a protect animal, but in New Zealand, they were decided a subject as an extermination because they have non enemy. Then they are target to do hunting. By these reason, “possum goods” is a peculiar goods in New Zealand.

In Japan, there are a lot of animal like this, for example "Mouse" or "Rat", because they are nocturnal animals. Most of Japanese hate them, because they eat the food which people eat, the wall, and a cable such as a computer or TV and so on. And we have a lot of goods to catch them such as goods to get cockroaches. But in New Zealand, people like possum, although don't like too. In New Zealand there are a lot of possum goods. In japan, such goods are not except Mickey Mouse!

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