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These marsupials carry nests with their tails

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When these small marsupials need to construct a cozy nest, they absolutely refuse to carry the grass in their mouths like common animals. Instead, they bundle sticks and straw together, tightly wrap their prehensile tails completely around the pile, and hop away like tiny, overly proud freight trucks. It is an extremely efficient cargo system that looks completely absurd in motion.

These marsupials carry nests with their tails
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