GENERAL INFO
ENVIRONMENT |
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Adaptions
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The sugar glider has a range of adaptions most noticeably the flap of skin which enables it to glide. This is also in part a behavioural adaption as it allows the possum to participate in faster movement and flying. By having this ability the possums rarely go to the ground to search for food. This allows them to be safer from predators. They jump from tree to tree by expanding their arms and legs which reveals a skin membrane which connects the fore and hind legs and also connects to the body. This allows the possum to glide for up to fifty meters depending on the height at which it jumps from. This membrane is an essential part of the sugar gliders life and damage to it may be fatal due to restricted movement and ability to gain food.
A behavioural adaption the sugar glider glider has is being nocturnal. Being nocturnal the sugar glider can escape the large competition for food during the day. They can remain hidden from predators in the dark and also see more easily due to their specialised eyes which are very large and able to see very well in the dark.
Physiologically the Sugar Glider possum has a number of scent glands on its body which emit odour to deter predators and other possums from intruding into their area. They have one on their forehead, one on their chest and one in the anal area, each having a specific scent. Territory is the main use for these glands which is marked using the scent of the chest.
A behavioural adaption the sugar glider glider has is being nocturnal. Being nocturnal the sugar glider can escape the large competition for food during the day. They can remain hidden from predators in the dark and also see more easily due to their specialised eyes which are very large and able to see very well in the dark.
Physiologically the Sugar Glider possum has a number of scent glands on its body which emit odour to deter predators and other possums from intruding into their area. They have one on their forehead, one on their chest and one in the anal area, each having a specific scent. Territory is the main use for these glands which is marked using the scent of the chest.
Rhythmic pattern |
The Sugar Gliders rhythmic pattern is its sleep. It tends to sleep during the day for up to 16 hours at a time and only comes out at night. This nocturnal behaviour happens every day and is essential to the animals way of life. This pattern allows the possum to hunt at night with a limited number of predators and a low visibility where it can move quickly without being seen.
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