Friday 21 November 2014

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorably Creepy Gliding Mammal That’s Basically Just a Big Flap of Skin

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Adorably Creepy Gliding Mammal That’s Basically Just a Big Flap of Skin

The colugo is the most accomplished mammalian glider of all—on account of being essentially a giant flap of skin—capable of soaring an incredible 200 feet from tree to tree.


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from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/40b430d7/sc/14/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C110Cabsurd0Ecreature0Eof0Ethe0Eweek0Ecolugo0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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