Download Sugar Glider Can Fly. The name sugar glider is very literal but accurate since the small marsupials have quite the sweet tooth and also glide through the air. Sugar gliders and flying squirrels are both cute little animals that are popular pets.
Sugar gliders are so named for their preference for sweet foods and their ability to glide through the air like a flying squirrel. The membrane allows this small animal to glide long distances through the air, from tree to tree. It is not recommended to fly your sugar gliders as.
So a good glider can glide 50 miles is calm air with the loss of 1 mile in height (5,280 feet).
It is not recommended to fly your sugar gliders as. Groups of up to seven adults and their young may form a 'clan' and share a nest. These gliding membranes are called patagiums and stretch from the wrists to the ankles. It is sometimes mistaken for a flying squirrel since both animals can glide through the air by spreading out their limbs in a parachute fashion.