An adorable sugar glider named Joey is learning to fly as he glides in front of the fan with the guidance of his caretaker.
Sugar gliders use their fur-covered flap of skin to fly. They stretch it out so they can glide from tree to tree. They depend on the breeze in order to glide longer distances, the Guardian reported.
These squirrel-like marsupials are very small and extremely soft. They have dense grey fur with a charcoal grey stripe along their spine, creamy white fur on their underparts, large black eyes adapted for night vision, a pink nose and toes and small rotatable ears.
Female sugar gliders are smaller than the males. Females give birth to one or two babies keeping them in their belly pouch for months. Meanwhile, males also provide parental care to the joeys.
Sugar gliders are highly active and are nocturnal. They consume insects, sap, fruits and nectars. They are generally silent, and communicate primarily by using odors and behavioral signals.
The sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps, is a small forest-dwelling marsupial native to the northern and eastern parts of Australia and are also seen in New Guinea and on some nearby islands and island archipelagoes.
