Table of Contents Night Gliding 4 Sugar Gliders Head to Toe 10 Popular Pocket Pets 12 Buying Sugar Gliders 18 Healthy Pets 24 Glossary 30 Index 31 Show What You Know 31 Websites to Visit 31 About the Author 32
Night Gliding FUN FACT A sugar glider can glide up to 196 feet 60 meters That’s about half the length of a football field Night falls in the forest The large round eyes of a sugar glider open It is time to eat The mammal climbs out from its tree nest It travels across a limb Then it jumps The sugar glider spreads its four legs Thin skin stretches from its wrists to its ankles The skin acts like a kite It catches the wind The sugar glider soars from limb to limb It searches for its next meal Tree sap and insects are good finds A sugar glider is a marsupial like a kangaroo This is a kind of mammal Only three kinds of mammals can glide The sugar glider is one That’s one reason this animal makes a unique pet 4
