I have honestly never seen a flying squirrel and always assumed they were in some exotic far off land...or at least a strange state.

So are there any around here? I've seen white squirrels (around here) and black squirrels (at Lake Erie) but never a flying squirrel. I want to see one!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? *shudders*

It got in the house somehow. I woke up when my wife started screaming, and then something soft and then scratchy was on my face. Scrambling to get away from the loud screams. I spent 10 minutes with a broom and a flashlight, in my boxers, trying to get it out a window. Throw rug folded up at the bottom gap of the bedroom door so it couldn't get into the rest of the house. Didn't know wtf it was at the time, but then saw pictures of them at the local nature center. Yup. Flying squirrel.

It was tired of running around by the time it found the window. I wish I had video. It would be hilarious. Room was somewhat trashed by the time I got it out.

omg :lol:

I would totally freak out. I don't like things flying around in my house, especially not a weird creature like that. Seeing them outside would be cool.

Next thing you'll wake up and there'll be a unicorn in your bathtub or something.

FlyingSquirrels.com, believe it or not.

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Well apparently we have some southern flying squirrels. Hmm.

Fiddle dee dee, I do declare I've never seen one.

Simul-post.

Thanks Grav! :)

:flyingsquirrelsmilie:

looks like a map of the EASTERN roadkill squirrel to me

double simul-post.

jinx.

If we keep it up we're apt to go back in time! :eek:

Well, they are nocturnal.

I saw a bunch at a nature center program. this building is in the woods, and the ranger there would put nuts out each evening on the railing of the nature center. Then once a month, there would be a flying squirrel program and the visitors would sit quietly and wait with flashlights. As it got dark, they would come gliding down from the trees, grab a nut and scamper off up a tree. I went to one of these things.

The most interesting fact I learned was that when they glide from one treee to another, upon landing, they immediately run around to the other side of the tree trunk. That's because it's easy for owls to see them in flight, so if an owl takes off after one, they want to scamper around to the other side of the tree to get away from the owl. It's sort of like when you feel like somebody is following you to your door in the night time as you fumble for your key and you quickly get in and slam the door and lock it, but there is nobody there.

Three-fer
 

Just remembered I had this pic. Trail-camera pic, not mine.

The flying squirrel shown here is prolly shitting kittens...the raccoon is one of the flying squirrel's top predators!

Deer-leggy goodness in the background.

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My brother has a night cam in his field that takes pictures like every ten seconds. I need to tell him to set it up by the woods. As it is, he's captured deer, coyote, raccoons, and some strange man putting apples out.

Well, nobody likes a burning apple.

*rimshot*