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FLYING SQUIRRELS

FLYING SQUIRRELS. Flight . These squirrels cannot actually fly. Instead, they glide from branch to branch. Flying squirrels can glide for up to fifty yards. They do not have wings. Rather, they are membranes called “ patagiums ” that stretch from arm to foreleg. Tails .

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FLYING SQUIRRELS

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  1. FLYING SQUIRRELS

  2. Flight • These squirrels cannot actually fly. Instead, they glide from branch to branch. • Flying squirrels can glide for up to fifty yards. • They do not have wings. Rather, they are membranes called “patagiums” that stretch from arm to foreleg.

  3. Tails • These squirrels have tails that act as rudders. • With them, they are able to glide with precision. • Without them, the squirrels would have a lot of difficulty landing and taking off accurately.

  4. Night Vision • Squirrels are part of a group of mammals that can see in the dark. • They have special “photoreceptor rod cells” in the nucleus of cells in their eyes. • These redirect light scattered around the night sky into a streamlined path, helping the squirrel to glide in the dark.

  5. Help to Humans • Humans have based recreational activities off the flying squirrel’s patagiums, like BASE-jumping. • Also, if one could implant rod cells into a human’s eye, then night vision could become a possibility in the future.

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