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Ignore what your eyes seem to be telling you about this image: flying squirrels can\u2019t take off from the ground. What this sequence shows is the way a flying squirrel sweeps upwards as it comes into land, after launching and gliding down from a spot higher in the canopy. <\/p>\n\n

What\u2019s most unusual about this isn\u2019t the squirrel\u2019s flight path, though. It\u2019s the fact we can see it at all. Normally, this species of flying squirrel, Pteromys <\/em>volans <\/em>orii, <\/em>only comes out at night. But after a pair of Ural owls began hunting in the Hokkaido forest during the winter of 2021-2022, the squirrels became more active during the day to avoid the new nocturnal predators. <\/p>\n\n

The change in behaviour gave photographer Tony Wu a chance to capture these elusive rodents swooping through the dense trees, a feat they achieve by extending the furry membranes \u2013 called patagia \u2013 that connect their wrists to their ankles. <\/p>\n\n

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