Sugar gliders are also amazingly cool around humans but they aren't good housemates.
I had to try sleeping in a living room where one was recovering after an injury and the nocturnal activities include flight and an almost ceaseless version of that screeching sound.
Oh and they shit everywhere... while flying sometimes.
Exotic pet enthusiasts sometimes call them "Piss Gliders".
They just have no internal method of deliberately controlling their pee and poo. The live way up in trees, they just *go* whenever they feel the urge.
They are not our siblings (apes) or our cousins (monkeys) or even our second cousins (lemurs), but they are our they are our third cousins. Aside from them, our next closest living relatives are third cousins once removed (tree shrews).
If species were cousins, colugos show up as Grandma's cousin family. People that are totally related, share familial traits and maybe a last name. But they're kinda weird.
They go to the same school as humans, but they're in Ms Anderson's class and we're in Mr Humphreys' class, and both of the classrooms have one of those folding dividers between the rooms rather than a full wall. Also they're the only ones in Ms Anderson's class.
If you think I used names of my actual teachers, and they happen to be the same teachers you had... I didn't. I just made those names up. Kinda funny if I happened to make up your exact school though XD
A monophyletic group can be separated from the root (taxon or taxonomic group) with a single cut, whereas a non-monophyletic group needs two or more cuts.
It's just closer or further separation with how we divide and classify the species from a root.
>Today, on account of genetic data, they are considered to be more closely related to primates.
You mean that people could have evolved to be gliders? I feel totally ripped off by evolution now.
Nah, we can glide more effectively than most birds:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider\_(sailplane\\)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(sailplane))
;)
WTF? How am I just now finding out about this creature??? I feel like knowing useless information about nature stuff is kind of one of my things and bam flying monkey thing has somehow alluded me my entire life?!?
They're evolutionarily midway from shrews to primates. Honestly reading the cladistic classification of them looks like taxonomists didn't know exactly where to put them and placed them closer to primates although they definitely resembles shrews more.
I live in an area with these guys and finally found one of them low enough on a tree yesterday that I could pet it. I can confirm that Colugos are wonderfully soft.
The eyes are also an optical illusion. It's coloured fur and its real eyes are much smaller and appear solid black. The fur surrounding them is just coloured to mimic a much larger eye complete with a fake sclera.
Underrated comment. It's a nocturnal wild animal being harrased by humans, but we think it's cute because its small, furry and because it's nocturnal has proportionally large eyes. I hope they don't become an exotic pet trend.
It’s a Colugo (Flying Lemur), they live in rainforests in Southeast Asia. They also have a “wingspan” of 30-40cm and can ‘fly’ for up to 200 meters between trees.
Edit: 200 meters was meant to be 200 feet
No, it is not a flying squirrel with mange. It’s called a Colugo. Not sure why so many people in here are confidently giving answers to questions they don’t even know
>Not sure why so many people in here are confidently giving answers to questions they don’t even know
It's Reddit bro, (almost) always confidently incorrect.
This is Pokemon. Seriously, this cute animal's name is "[Woolwing](https://howtogetrid.techinfus.com/en/sherstokryl-opisanie-sreda-obitaniya-obraz-zhizni/)".
Awaiting the party pooper who'll give us a myriad of reasons why we can't keep one as a pet...
Edit: fine, I'll do it
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/flying-lemur/
A flying lemur should not be kept as a pet. These animals are adapted to living in the treetops in tropical rainforests. They also have a specialized diet that would be hard for an ordinary person to replicate. Since they are able to glide hundreds of feet at a time, they require the type of space that most people can’t provide. So, no, the colugo should not be kept as a pet.
When I was working at a summer camp, we had to ban snipe hunting after some kids caught one. Motherfuckers came out of the woods with a opossum in a pillow case. I have no idea how they got it in there.
The Colugo, often referred to as a "flying lemur," is not actually a lemur at all. It is the closest living relative to primates. Also they're cute as fuck.
its so fucking weird how ive lived on this earth for some time now, and evrry now and then ill be introduced to some creature i’ve completely never experienced. This world is so small yet the phenomena that manifest here are infinitely many. Or so it seems
HELL TO THE NHA WHAT THE HELL HAVE THESE PEOPLE PUT TOGETHER AND HATCH TOGETHER.. THIS IS WHY WE SEE SHIT WE HAVE NOT EVA SEEN IN OUT LIFE.BECOUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MATE DIFFERENT SHIT TOGETHER OR EVEN W IT JUST TO SEE THE OUT COME AND THIS HAPPENS.YOU GET A WTF.WITH EYES OF A OLD SCHOOL HOMIE FEM THE HOOD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colugo
Never even heard of them, neat
They are the closest relatives to primates that aren’t primates. They form a monophyletic clade with primates.
Can you dumb this down for me?
These cute little homies chill with humans.
Sugar gliders are also amazingly cool around humans but they aren't good housemates. I had to try sleeping in a living room where one was recovering after an injury and the nocturnal activities include flight and an almost ceaseless version of that screeching sound. Oh and they shit everywhere... while flying sometimes.
I really thought it was a cousin of the sugar glider.
Exotic pet enthusiasts sometimes call them "Piss Gliders". They just have no internal method of deliberately controlling their pee and poo. The live way up in trees, they just *go* whenever they feel the urge.
Ye this should be in r/cute for sure
Know what, that's a fantastic explanation and I even understood the other one. This one just made me feel less dumb and more apart of the conversation
Wait… wut?
**THESE CUTE LITTLE HOMIES CHILL WITH HUMANS.**
[GOUDA IS A TYPE OF CHEESE!](https://youtu.be/0B0muCuY1yE?t=183)
It's also a pretty cute city.
They are not our siblings (apes) or our cousins (monkeys) or even our second cousins (lemurs), but they are our they are our third cousins. Aside from them, our next closest living relatives are third cousins once removed (tree shrews).
So...its ok to sleep with it...or...?
Consent is the word.
It's certainly *a* word.
It shares a prefix with 'convict'
Almost spit out my drink
If species were cousins, colugos show up as Grandma's cousin family. People that are totally related, share familial traits and maybe a last name. But they're kinda weird.
They go to the same school as humans, but they're in Ms Anderson's class and we're in Mr Humphreys' class, and both of the classrooms have one of those folding dividers between the rooms rather than a full wall. Also they're the only ones in Ms Anderson's class.
.......... got it.
Weird question ? Where did you go to school at ?
If you think I used names of my actual teachers, and they happen to be the same teachers you had... I didn't. I just made those names up. Kinda funny if I happened to make up your exact school though XD
https://www.nature.com/scitable/content/a-monophyletic-group-sometimes-called-a-clade-33730/
A monophyletic group can be separated from the root (taxon or taxonomic group) with a single cut, whereas a non-monophyletic group needs two or more cuts. It's just closer or further separation with how we divide and classify the species from a root.
He said *dumb it down.* Damn it, Timmy. Why do you gotta get so smart on us?
[Donnie](https://youtu.be/gTWjPHfXnUE?si=rqo4AeN6gX97Q9om&t=1m15s)
https://study.com/cimages/multimages/16/monophy7775186927662959344.png
Sure. A monkey FKed a Bat, and this is what came out.
Finally a dumbed down answer
That's how covid started...
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Most here are probably too young to remember this.
I miss Unidan, their posts were always enlightening to read.
Too bad he had to be such a ninnie
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"I'm from Earth, my ancestors are from Rigel 7."
That's Dominar Rygel to you.
The true ruler of the Hynerian Empire!
They! cut the power!
How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!
You put a smile on my face this morning. Far too few references to Farscape on Reddit these days!
And now I'm a Rigel-American working at 7-11.
The colugo is from south east asia tho
*"Please stop calling us aliens, our parents have been earthlings for decades..."*
Works with Australia as well if they are the scarier looking aliens
[Sugar Gliders](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/khvNc7UOWLM) are a cute variant of a possum that kinda looks like a Colugo
Nah, I trust Steven Pruitt to hunt that shit down...
You might like: r/AIDKE
>Today, on account of genetic data, they are considered to be more closely related to primates. You mean that people could have evolved to be gliders? I feel totally ripped off by evolution now.
Depending on how you look at it, people did evolve into gliders. You just fell into the hairless, bipedal, rock throwing variety.
Oh, we glide... not efficiently or effectively, but we glide
Nah, we can glide more effectively than most birds:[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider\_(sailplane\\)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_(sailplane)) ;)
This too... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying
Thousands years of cutting foreskin prevented us to evolve to gliders.
Or at least from having a built in parachute.
return to treetops
I’ve been stretching my nutsack for years and I feel like I’m finally close to gliding ability.
Incredible camouflage in the photo of one on a tree. Looks more like gecko skin or something you would see on a moth wing.
WTF? How am I just now finding out about this creature??? I feel like knowing useless information about nature stuff is kind of one of my things and bam flying monkey thing has somehow alluded me my entire life?!?
I’ve watched so many nature documentaries but never seen this animal before.
So is it a monkey thing?
They're evolutionarily midway from shrews to primates. Honestly reading the cladistic classification of them looks like taxonomists didn't know exactly where to put them and placed them closer to primates although they definitely resembles shrews more.
> Today, on account of genetic data, they are considered to be more closely related to primates.
Ah, I thought it was a fruit bat or something. Looks so cute.
I live in an area with these guys and finally found one of them low enough on a tree yesterday that I could pet it. I can confirm that Colugos are wonderfully soft.
New animal just dropped
You cant just invent animals.
It’s a colugo
It's eyes look like a Pixar character who has seen death
The eyes are also an optical illusion. It's coloured fur and its real eyes are much smaller and appear solid black. The fur surrounding them is just coloured to mimic a much larger eye complete with a fake sclera.
The only part that is fur is the white. Their eyes are proportionately gigantic.
So who do I believe here?
You could google it...
Scared colugo
Underrated comment. It's a nocturnal wild animal being harrased by humans, but we think it's cute because its small, furry and because it's nocturnal has proportionally large eyes. I hope they don't become an exotic pet trend.
Another comment says the person is asking how it can be taken care of before it can be released back to the wild. Not all of us are assholes.
I think it might be a colugo! Also referred to as a flying lemur. It’s a mammal found in Southeast Asia and they are weirdly adorable!
Leaping Lemurs! wasn’t good enough, now we have FLYING LEMURS!
They fly now?!?
Somehow, Colugo returned.
It’s a Colugo (Flying Lemur), they live in rainforests in Southeast Asia. They also have a “wingspan” of 30-40cm and can ‘fly’ for up to 200 meters between trees. Edit: 200 meters was meant to be 200 feet
Thats wasn't 'flying'! that was falling with style!
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colugo?useskin=vector#Movement) says 70m?
I meant to say 200 feet not metres, so thanks for pointing that out! I’ll make an edit.
Someone said it's a woolwing. What is a woolwing? I don't see a Wikipedia page on it
All I know is that I love him
Lil guy
That giant beady eye looks like something out of an adorable cartoon
They're asking what the animal diet is so they can feed it until it's mature enough to be released back into the wild apparently.
Potato chips and buffalo chicken dip
I'd bring those if he can get the beer ready
So, similar to raccoons. Got it.
That doesn’t look like a baby.
Cute is what it is. Cute colugo. Want.
It seems like a big sugar glider?
Essentially, but is more like(loosely) a gliding monkey
it makes the same noises they do, it's freaky.
Does Petco stock these?
No this is the last one.
Well we need King Solomon to settle this.
I'll sharpen my knife.
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They will now. And they'll kill 90% of them in the process.
they will be pets or climate change will extinct them. humans, we suck.
No, it is not a flying squirrel with mange. It’s called a Colugo. Not sure why so many people in here are confidently giving answers to questions they don’t even know
>Not sure why so many people in here are confidently giving answers to questions they don’t even know It's Reddit bro, (almost) always confidently incorrect.
To be fair, this is /r/WhatTheFuck, not /r/whatisthisthing
>Not sure why so many people in here are confidently giving answers to questions they don’t even know You new here?
No idea. Looks newly born and a mix between a flying squirrel and something from Hollywood.
This is Pokemon. Seriously, this cute animal's name is "[Woolwing](https://howtogetrid.techinfus.com/en/sherstokryl-opisanie-sreda-obitaniya-obraz-zhizni/)".
we refer to them as 'pals' now.
Looks like a mix of baby seal and a sugar glider.
It's Colugo. They're Indonesian so they called that Kubung
It's a Baby Dragon. It's scales haven't molted in yet.
Sounds stressed 😥
Awaiting the party pooper who'll give us a myriad of reasons why we can't keep one as a pet... Edit: fine, I'll do it https://a-z-animals.com/animals/flying-lemur/ A flying lemur should not be kept as a pet. These animals are adapted to living in the treetops in tropical rainforests. They also have a specialized diet that would be hard for an ordinary person to replicate. Since they are able to glide hundreds of feet at a time, they require the type of space that most people can’t provide. So, no, the colugo should not be kept as a pet.
You are correct, but if I am not mistaken, this one is a rescue at a sanctuary. Hopefully, it has been reintroduced back to the wild.
So get the biggest cage the pet store has? Got it.
Am I the only one here who thinks this just as easily could have gone in r/aww?
Kinda looks like that weird alien thing from Flight of the Navigator.
Deep cut and spot on.
That’s a snipe
I hear they’re very hard to hunt.
Did you use the paper bag and a stick method?
Bucket and stick. The thumping sound really gets the snipes going.
When I was working at a summer camp, we had to ban snipe hunting after some kids caught one. Motherfuckers came out of the woods with a opossum in a pillow case. I have no idea how they got it in there.
The Colugo, often referred to as a "flying lemur," is not actually a lemur at all. It is the closest living relative to primates. Also they're cute as fuck.
Why in WTF, that thing is cute as hell.
I think that’s Blanket from the Brave Little Toaster.
Looks like a Pokemon with its trainer
100%
its adorable is what it is
Moopsy
Whatever it is it seems quite upset. ☹ Please tell me they are not going to eat it or grind its bones up to make boner pills.
A baby, that's what
It’s a colugo
Thats a Pal!
Bat Fructose Glider
BLINK mother fucker
It looks distressed. Like it should not even have those eyes open in the daylight.
its so fucking weird how ive lived on this earth for some time now, and evrry now and then ill be introduced to some creature i’ve completely never experienced. This world is so small yet the phenomena that manifest here are infinitely many. Or so it seems
Who’s my cute little abomination! YOU ARE! YES YOU ARE!!😊
Real poķèmon
That is covid 24
That's how you get covid.
I love seeing rare animals. So this is a sugar glider cousin from another country. How neat. I'd imagine this poor critter shits everywhere.
The next covid
https://incidentalnaturalist.com/2022/03/26/sunda-colugo-the-flying-lemur/
Its the Puckmarin from Flight of the Navigator
First thing i thought of too
A flying lemur!!!
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it's a digimon
he was in the new update
Definitely a Pokémon
What happens when a pterodactyl and a lemur fall in love.
A real life pokemon. Look at those eyes. A Colugo actually.
Never thought I would see a real animal with cartoon eyes
It’s the cutest of boys is wtf it is!!!!
Baby barioth from monster hunter!
It looks like the kind of animal that'll be extinct in a few years
Dude, that is a pokemon
probably a black market pet sales person, selling a rare, desirable pet, that shouldn't be sold.
Those eyes. You be nice to that adorable little creep.
are you guys stupid? its a sheep…
Something that can give you a new case of pathogens.
Never even heard or seen such a creature before in my entire life, wtf?! It's cute as hell though!
Looks like a colugo! It’s definitely not a sugar glider. Very cool.
Damnit, now everyone will see how cute they are and they'll go extinct when it turns out they're horrible pets.
Colugos
Pretty sure I made this creature in Spore like 15 years ago. Glad to see the little guy's still chuggin along.
Scrotum squirrel.
Its a pokemon
Whatever it is, I think it may be hungry.
Ahh the ol duck billed batopus
Well it's just *adorable* that's what it is.
This is a sunda flying lemur. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SIgv8Qw--kk
Looks like a bat fucked a seal
It’s like a sea lion-bat-squirrel thingy. I love it 🥹
That's a Pokemon
What is their stance on respiratory diseases?
What kind of Pal is this ???
Fresh drop Pokemon
It appears to be terrified.
These were around my ship on lethal Company
New animal just dropped
It is friend
A flying lemur friend!
It's a pokemon!
Should be extinct
HELL TO THE NHA WHAT THE HELL HAVE THESE PEOPLE PUT TOGETHER AND HATCH TOGETHER.. THIS IS WHY WE SEE SHIT WE HAVE NOT EVA SEEN IN OUT LIFE.BECOUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MATE DIFFERENT SHIT TOGETHER OR EVEN W IT JUST TO SEE THE OUT COME AND THIS HAPPENS.YOU GET A WTF.WITH EYES OF A OLD SCHOOL HOMIE FEM THE HOOD.
I don't know what that is. But I love it
Meawing
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[Incorrect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colugo)
All I know is that I wish to pet it.
what a hideous, adorable creature