My son and I decided to head to Healsville Sanctuary today to try and get some video footage of the Night House occupants. Being an abysmal day weather wise, we were in luck. No crowds because of the drizzle caused by the low clouds in the mountains AND the Night House animals were awake and ready to party!

I didn't get many photos as I was mostly taking night shot videos but I couldn't resist taking a few of the Squirrel gliders who weren't shy at all.









It was well worth the drive to see all these beautiful animals.

Aww, fluffy little bottoms.

Great pictures, They look alot like our little babies just fluffier:)

Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing them.

Yhey are such beautiful little animals. So healthy looking. Great pictures, KO! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Great Pictures! They look so healthy! And there furry and cute!!!

Ko, how do you get around the glass glare while using a flash? I think I see a little remnant in the third photo. Is your flash aimed up with a diffuser?

I absolutely lOVE their tails!!!

I hope we get to see the videos!

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Originally posted by Kazko

Ko, how do you get around the glass glare while using a flash? I think I see a little remnant in the third photo. Is your flash aimed up with a diffuser?

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Actually good point there as I didn't use a diffuser or anything else for that matter! I stepped back from the glass and just shot at a slight angle. I'm also using the incamera flash which usually gives the worst results possible. I reckon I just fluked them :)

All I want to say is wish I was there! To have seen the feathertail gliders would have been a treat.

Great photos... Saw Rach's Squirrel Gliders and wanted two..but of course we don't have them in the USA.

They look like furry sugar gliders...are they about the same size? Related??

Thanks for the photos.

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They look like furry sugar gliders...are they about the same size? Related??

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Sorry Roz..only just noticed this question! Squirrel gliders are bigger than sugar gliders. A well conditioned squirrel glider will have an amazingly fluffy tail.

We have them in the US.

http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/flyingsquirrel/4.html this is a cool site, they look just like gilders

Catman
You are confusing Flying Squirrels with Squirrel Gliders
They are two seperate speciess.
Squirrel Gliders are Gliders and are related to Sugar Gliders
Flying Squirrels are a part of the Rodent family, they are not remotely related to Gliders.

Squirrel Glider grow to about 300grams, have a pointier face and narrower ears than Sugar Gliders. There diet is very similar to Sugar Gliders except that they eat more insects. Squirrel Gliders also make different noises than the Sugar Glider.

Both Sugar and Squirrel Gliders may live within the same habitats but to do not intergrate with each other, however in captivity they can and will interbreed.

Interbreed? Really? How is that possible? What comes of this?

yes its true because they are closely related this makes it possible, evidently the offspring are completely viable and fertile.
This is why I keep my Sugars and squirrels seperate

The international news last week..showed in England a farmer had bought a brown horse. Thought she was big but since the person he bought her from did not have other horses just thought she was overfed...he was very surprised when she delivered a ? colt? ..it was brown but had zebra stripes on all of it's legs and some on it's hine side...seems the old owner had several zebras..news said this has happened before but is rare and only known imbreed of this in England....

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The international news last week..showed in England a farmer had bought a brown horse. Thought she was big but since the person he bought her from did not have other horses just thought she was overfed...he was very surprised when she delivered a ? colt? ..it was brown but had zebra stripes on all of it's legs and some on it's hine side...seems the old owner had several zebras..news said this has happened before but is rare and only known imbreed of this in England....

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Roz I have seen two zee-donkeys or zonkeys here in Australia. Zebra crossed with donkeys.Both were in small zoos/circus environment -one was an accident and the other was a purposely done. Zebras as a whole are of nervous disposition and hard to tame/train. This cross was made to try and breed an animal that still had the stripes but had a quieter temperament for easily handling.

I found a photo of one on the web which belongs to US zoo. It still maintains a lot of donkey colouring and look. One of the ones here was difficult to distinguish from a full blood zebra.

thouse are graet pic they are so cute. i cant whate antill my grandmother can see thise little animals

Oh, i'm sorry your right, i did confuse the two. I was thinking flying squirrel

It's like...... A sugar glider ate another one and got really fat....

Are they as soft as sugar gliders?

can you make pets out of them? and if you can....where the heck do you get them?

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Are they as soft as sugar gliders?

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Just see them as large sugar gliders and you get the picture

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can you make pets out of them? and if you can....where the heck do you get them?

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They are not readily available in America and most likely never will be.They are classified as endangered in most parts of Australia and like all our native wildlife, cannot be exported. A small handful were exported previous to these laws over 25 years ago but any stock that may be left would be crossbred or inbred at best.

Whilst in one state (and soon possibly two states)in Australia, they can be kept as captive native wildlife (not pets), they not suited to smaller indoor cages that are used for sugar gliders in the US. Remember they are at least twice the size of regular sugar gliders and need to be in large aviaries.

excellent photos. Thanks for sharing them with us!

about the zebra thing...my friend has a neighbor that has a horse that is pregnant with a zebra. It will be called a zorse.

aww look at there beautiful fluffy tails

The color and definition is really good! Tell me more about Healsville? I know probably some know lots, but I'm kind of new and am interested? Where is it? stuff like that...

wow thats awesome!!