Sugar gliders are small marsupials (animals with a pouch for their babies called joeys). They come from Australia and New Guinea. Sugar gliders are arboreal which means they live in the trees and are nocturnal by nature. A family of sugar gliders is called a colony.  Females have a pouch and males have a scent gland on their forehead.  They relish feeding on honey dew that is excreted by sap sucking insects.  Gliders can extend their legs and form a sort of ‘parachute’ from skin attached to their wrists which enables them to glide great distances.  For more information about gliders, check out the extra info in the back of Kimi Sue.             Order yours today!

Photos courtesy of Rachel Lui, www.glideruniversity.org