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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