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When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play

  • February 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play
All animals need to eat to survive, grow and reproduce. To do so, they also need to avoid being eaten. This is a big challenge for many of Australia's native mammals, because when they search for food, they must also escape the attention of introduced predators, namely, feral cats and red foxes.

Originally published at Phys.org

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