Sugar Glider By Quinn B. Mrs. Zoanetti

Appearance Sugar Gliders have pink or dark pink

noses Their back, neck,& head are black and

white marble Sugar Gliders have a pouch that is

white so is the rest of their stomach They are very small and have small

ears and big black eyes

Habitat Mostly all sugar gliders live in the

rainforest All the rainforests are located in

Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Papua, New Guinea, and parts of Indonesia.

Food & Hunting Sugar Gliders eat sweet sugary tree

sap, fruit, nectar and sometimes insects and spiders.

Sugar Gliders ear’s are very sensitive, so it is easy for them to get their food. They can hear the smallest sounds. Even the sounds that a bug makes.

Predators Sugar Gliders predators are dogs, cats,

& owls. Sometimes if we don’t give sugar gliders the right care we can be dangerous to them.

Sugar Gliders stay in trees to stay safe.

Nesting Behaviors & Raising Young

Sugar Gliders are born from their mother. After they are born , they spend 70 days in their mother’s pouch.

Interesting Facts Sugar Gliders cannot really fly but they

can glide 150 feet. That’s half of a football field.

Mother sugar gliders can carry two baby sugar gliders at once.

When sugar gliders glide they use their tail to steer.

Resources Sugar Glider, Elizabeth O’Sullivan,

2009. http://a-z-animals.com/animals/