Extreme Mammals at AMNH - Sugar Gliders

From the trees of Australia and New Guinea to the halls of the American Museum of Natural History, a colony of sugar gliders (petaurus breviceps) are now living in the new Extreme Mammals exhibit. Watch as Hazel Davies, manager of living exhibits at AMNH, readies these nocturnal creatures for their day. Produced/Edited by James Sims.

Learn more about these unique marsupials, along with a variety of other interesting mammals, at the Museum's Extreme Mammals exhibit. For more information, visit http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/extrememammals

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• amnh
• mammals
• new york
• museums
• sugar gliders
• exhibits
• natural history
• history
• manhattan
• animals

[AUDIOawareness]

You think marsupials aren't mammals?

[desibabii1]

i have one

[MrDogcatguy]

my cousin has one she said they can do a triple flip XD!

[simbzu]

@dwyer0111 It really depends where you live. In some countries it is completely illegal, but most allow it if you have a license, which is about $60 a year of payment. They require large cages and must live together. They are very friendly, too. Check with DSE if you live in VIC

[Steelworker216]

I have 3

[Murfomurf]

@dwyer0111 Illegal here in Australia without a special license. They're very delicate & not like cats or rats. Very friendly around holiday cabins in North Queensland. They come down at night and take fruit from your hand! So tiny and weigh nothing!

[a225801025]

I have two...

nhh...sorry it's four....

[dulceme3]

lol, actually they usually only live around 8 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live up to 15. So it's not bad for them, of course, if they end up in the right home. Lots of people just buy them on impulse and find out that they are hard work...:( poor suggies. I have 2 myself and i lovee themmmm<3

[djwicek69]

I have A LIFE.

[mottlecah]

Well thanks look after them,as our loggers dont give a f--k.

[juansugarbunny]

By the looks of them going at that euc, I'm going to need to order more quickly

[eugenio909]

i have 2 momo and moe!!hahhahahah love them have them in my pocket right now