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a pair of flying squirrels...

#flyingsquirrels #flying #forest #animatedgif

a pair of flying squirrels...

#flyingsquirrels #flying #forest #animatedgif

a pair of flying squirrels...

#flyingsquirrels #flying #forest #animatedgif

Experiment confirms spikes on scaly tailed #squirrel's tail let it perch on Iroko #trees without slipping down https://phys.org/news/2025-06-spikes-scaly-tailed-squirrel-tail.html

Scaly-tail organ enhances static stability during Pel’s scaly-tailed #FlyingSquirrels’ arboreal locomotion https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2024.0937

"In addition to membranes between their front and hind legs that help them to remain aloft as they jump between trees, the #squirrels also have two rows of pointed, raised scales along the underside of their tails."

photo of a taxidermied specimen of a flying squirrel and detailed pictures comparing various aspects of its fore claws, hind claws, and claw-like structures on the base of its tail

If he thought he could fly, he must have been nuts-- or at least a little squirrelly.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Squirrel #SquirrelsOfMastodon #Squirrelstodon #Squirrel #FlyingSquirrels

Comix with two squirrels on a tree branch, both are looking down. One says, "Well. There you go. I guess Frank wasn't a flying squirrel after all."

Discovery reveals giant flying squirrel once soared over Southern Appalachia
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-reveals-giant-flying-squirrel.html paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09751-w

"A giant #FlyingSquirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern #Appalachia, gliding above #rhinos, #mastodons and red #pandas... closest relatives are the giant #FlyingSquirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia... somehow they crossed the Bering Land Bridge alongside other #mammals about 5 million years ago."

Illustration of a flying squirrel in air

One of the weirdest challenges I face is convincing DALL-E to represent a flying squirrel (or sugarglider).

Go ahead. Try it. Madness will result.

#AI #AIart #flyingsquirrels #hallucination

Who you calling 'giant'? 😏 The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) may have a big name, but at 30-40 cm length, it’s more 'fun-sized' than 'giant'! Here, it is peeking out of its cozy tree hole on Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, #Malaysia. Don’t let the size fool you, though —they’ve got plenty of glide in them! Video: rainforestkayaker #Borneo #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #FlyingSquirrels #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Flying squirrel nests in hotel balcony, long-lost cat comes home, baby anteater learns about ants, and Wombat Wednesday.

https://cutetropolis.com/2024/06/05/links-squerlbnb/

#Anteaters #Cats #FlyingSquirrels #Kittens #WombatWednesday #Wombats

It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Squirrels #FlyingSquirrels #SquirrelsOfMastodon #Squirrelstodon #Cartoon #Comic

Two squirrels on a tree branch. Both are looking down. The one says, "Well, there you go. I guess Frank wasn't a Flying Squirrel, after all."

@KatM @Mary625 @buitengebieden
You do not want flying squirrels.
I had a bunch living in my attic (many years ago). Their urine is red (my house had red lines coming down from the eaves). Yes, like some sort of Wes Craven horror film 😱. They were humanely purged and I have sealed even the tiniest of crevices that they might return to. Truly a nightmare.

#Wildlife
#FlyingSquirrels
#IsThereSomethingInTheAttic

@nev I'm just going to leave this here. #flashlight #UV #ultraviolet #blacklight #night #lichen #fluorescence #hiking #nature #millipedes #FlyingSquirrels
https://uvbeast.com/products/uvbeast-new-v3-365nm-mini-black-light-uv-flashlight-filtered-ultraviolet-rechargeable-18650-usb-c-quick-charge-port-professional-grade-high-power-upgraded-led-usa-stock

Image of a black flashlight with the text "uvBeast" underneath small images of USB cables.

#Tropical flying #squirrels found to deploy #carpentry trick to safely store nuts
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-tropical-flying-squirrels-deploy-carpentry.html

#FlyingSquirrels use a mortise-tenon structure to fix nuts on understory twigs https://elifesciences.org/articles/84967

"Two species of flying #squirrel in China's southern #rainforests keep their nut stash high and dry by chewing grooves into smooth egg-shaped or rounded #nuts and wedging them securely between branches."