Sugar Gliders

                                                                                                                                                

       




                   

Sugar Gliders, also known Flying Squirrels, are small marsupials, kin to possums and found in the tree tops of Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia, and Papua-New Guinea. They came by their diet of sweetened fruits and the ability to glide from      branch to branch with their membrane flap from their arms to their body resembling retractable wings. The Sugar Gliders are small creatures with a shiny grey-silver coat.   They are around 40 centimeters long from nose to tail, and weigh just 150 grams. They feed at night, mainly on insects in trees, but also the sap from trees such as the eucalyptus. Sugar Gliders can glide through the air for up to 100 meters.  as Australian Sugar Gliders.

 

 

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