Robert Edgar Burns - Green Ringtail Possum

An arboreal animal,
Living high up in the trees,
This furry little critter
Is of the color green.
Thick soft fur blankets
When it curls into a ball,
The resting Ringtail Possum,
Is really very small.

He likes to go for rides,
On tangled thornless vines.
Two silvery vertebral stripes,
With white patches under eyes.
His daytime roost is on an open branch,
But he does not make a sound to match
Any other possum, and travels not in pairs,
And lives in Queensland, North Australia,
Where these funny guys are rare.

Robert Edgar Burns

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