All About Flying Squirrels

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All About Flying Squirrels

• Megan, Tyler,
• Kierra, Brandon
• Mrs. Nagelhouts Third Grade Class
• Spring 2009

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Table of Contents

• Flying Squirrel Babies..1
• Habitats or their Homes..2
• How Flying Squirrels Fly.3
• What Flying Squirrels Eat?.......4

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Watch these babies grow!!

• Watch these babies grow!! This is how
  babies grow and live. Flying squirrels only have
  one brood per year with 2 to 4 young in the
  litter.
• They build their nests in hollow trees. They
  line the nest with shredded tree bark.

• A flying squirrel is trying to get to its baby.
  Its nest is in the tree.

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Where did that flying squirrel go?

• Flying squirrels are found in Canada and
  Michigan. Flying squirrels nest in holes in dead
  trees. Sometimes they build nests outside.
  These leaf nests are called dreys. The squirrels
  often share nests to maintain body temperature in
  the winter because they do not hibernate.

• Hey! Get down from there!

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How does that squirrel fly?

• Hey! Look at that squirrel glide from tree to
  tree. The Flying Squirrel is nocturnal, which
  means that it is awake at night and asleep during
  the day. They can see even better than a human
  can see all through the day. Another fact is that
  a Flying Squirrel has a piece of skin that is
  between the hand and the foot. This acts like a
  parachute, so the squirrel can glide from branch
  to branch.

• A flying squirrel cant fly, instead it glides
  through the air.

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What Does a Flying Squirrel Eat?

• Did you know that a Flying Squirrel likes to
  eat fruit like berries and sap and nuts that come
  from the tree. They are so crazy about maple sap
  that they have fallen into sap buckets. They also
  like seeds, insects and bird eggs.

• Did you know that a Flying Squirrel eats the
  same food that we eat?

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Glossary

• Brood-The young flying squirrels that are born at
  one time in a nest and are cared for together.
• Glide-To move along smoothly in the air.
• Litter-Young babies born at one time.
• Nocturnal-Asleep during the day and awake at
  night.
• Sap-The sweet liquid that flows through a plant.

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Bibliography

• Many of the facts and pictures for this digital
  book were found on the following web sites
• kids.yahoo.com/animals, animaldiversity.ummz.umich
  .edu, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals,
  http//www.naturalia.org/, http//library.thinkque
  st.org/11234/index.html