Today’s installment of Wednesday Cute comes from Workman editorial intern Rachel, who is exploring her options for sugar glider adoption.
This, dear readers, is a sugar glider (or, if you prefer, Petaurus breviceps).
Why such a sweet name? Sugar gliders get their name from their preference for sugary nectary foods and their ability to glide from tree to tree. That’s right, they can fly.
And those eyes?
Sugar gliders are primarily nocturnal, and those big, beautiful eyes are really handy for seeing in the dark.
They’re also really stinkin’ cute.
Sugar gliders are marsupials, like koala bears and kangaroos, meaning that they carry their young (called joeys) in a pouch and, once the joey is able to leave the pouch, the mother carries her baby on her back.
Though sugar gliders are native to the northern and eastern parts of mainland Australia, as well as other islands in the area, they are an increasingly popular exotic pets in the U.S.
To sum up, sugar gliders are essentially nocturnal flying squirrels who fly from tree to tree looking to ingest more sugar.
Sounds like a perfect life, no?
3 Comments
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November 17, 2014 at 6:29 pmLove this post and love sugar gliders. These little guys can make good pets if you know how to properly care for them. Their diets, sleep habits, social interaction etc… are different than other animals. Make sure you know what you’re getting into before you go out and get one 🙂 Thanks so much for putting this up! Awesome pictures!!
leah
May 9, 2015 at 9:15 pmI want one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
sugar glider lover
January 25, 2019 at 1:13 pmSugar gliders aren’t squirrels. they are marsupials like you said. Squirrels are mammals like you and I. . .