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· The sugar glider is a type of marsupial mammal. This means it carries its baby in its pouch on the outside of its tummy | Click here for Sugar Glider photos! |
| · Their name came from early bushman who found they liked sweet things like honey and sugar and from their ability to glide between trees | ||
| · They are silvery blue grey in colour (dark stripe on back) | ||
| · It is thought that Sugar gliders live for 9 years in their natural habitat, 15 years in captivity | ||
| · The sugar glider makes a variety of noises ranging from shrill yapping (predator is near), a sharp shriek (when fighting) to a "gurgling chatter" when in their nest | |
| · They also have excessive skin (gliding membrane) between the front and rear legs.. By spreading out this membrane they can glide distances of 50 to 100 meters from tree to tree. They use their long bushy tail for stability and steering as well as "tilting" the left or right membrane, and lands successfully on its outstretched feet | |
| · Sugar gliders are usually found where there is plenty of rainfall (both cool and tropical climate) in wet and dry forests and woodland, usually with Eucalypt plants surrounding (they feeds on the gum and sap from acacias and eucalyptus as well as eating a range of arboreal insects (insects living off trees)) | |
| · Sugar Gliders are active at night and during the day sleep in a nest made of leaves in tree-hollows. Usually 7-12 gliders will co-habitat in these nests | |
| · Being Marsupials the young remain in a pouch usually for just over 2 months. The pouch is forward facing with two teats, and thus often twins are born. After these first 2 months the young are then left for a further month or so in the nest | |
| · They measure about six inches in the body with the same length in the tail | |
| · Sugar Gliders are often kept as pets. They adapt well to humans and develop strong relational bonds with their owners. They are communal animals that need and crave attention from you, the owner, or another Sugar Glider | |
| · Sugar Gliders have become popular pets in the United States | |
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