5. The following is what they eat:
mast tree crops of all types, including acorn (red oak, black
oak, mossycup oak, white oak, pin oak, etc.); hickory nut
(shagbark, bitternut, pignut); pecan; walnuts; beech nut;
horsechestnut; hazelnut; etc.
• seeds of various varieties
• insects (beetles, moths and their larvae, etc.)
• spiders
• slugs, snails
• tree and shrub buds
• flowers (tree, shrub, herb)
• fruits of many trees and shrubs
• berries (most types)
• fungi
• bird eggs, nestlings
• bark cambium
• carrion, especially in winter months
• tree sap
6. A Flying Squirrel is 12 inches long
Weight is Five ounces
Ithas LARGE eyes that are reddish orange
that enable it to see at night!
The picture above is a flying squirrel at night
with their big eyes.
7. FlyingSquirrels can breed in
April, May, August, and again in September.
At birth they are pink , blind and with out
hair except for short whiskers.
This is what a baby flying squirrel looks like.
The mating season is
Between February and march.
8. Flying Squirrels
communicate by making this
weird squeaking sound!
They put their nests in
weird places too and use
cotton stuff to make it.
AND THE CAN FLY!!! :D
9. They make big weird looking nest like this
one!
10.
11. Theconclusion is that Flying Squirrels are
super cute really tiny!
THE END!!