This episode of Animal Society explores the three distinct groups of marsupial mammals found in Australia and the Americas: kangaroos, koalas, and possums. We will discuss the unique characteristics, behaviours, and life cycles of these animals.

For kangaroos, we cover their physical features, social structure, mating and reproductive processes, and interactions within their mobs. The video highlights their distinctive hopping locomotion and herbivorous diet. We also discusses the different species of kangaroos, including the largest - the red kangaroo, and their varying sizes and colouration.

Viewers will learn all about the arboreal lifestyle of a koala, their specialised adaptations for a eucalyptus-based diet, and limited social interactions. Their sedentary nature, slow metabolism, and unique reproductive system involving embryonic diapause is also explained. Koalas face many threats, such as predators and environmental factors that can impact their lifespan.

Finally, we explore possums... both the true possums of Australia and the opossums of the Americas. Viewers will learn about their omnivorous or herbivorous diets, nocturnal foraging habits, and solitary or territorial behaviours. The differences in physical characteristics, communication, and reproductive strategies between the two possum groups are also discussed.

Animal Society is a documentary series about the different social behaviors of various animal groups and individual species, from seabirds to insects, schooling fish to great cats.