Siberian flying squirrel definitely would have received the Audience Award. Bashny.Net

If the world staged a competition for the most cute animals, Siberian flying squirrel definitely would have received the Audience Award. Just look at these touching eyed inhabitants of the forest, as if coming down to us from the Disney cartoon frames. These squirrels seemed to work on the camera. Are not they cute?
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1. Photographer Masatsugu Ohashi took these amazing photos on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.





2. These are very shy animals, they are nocturnal, and in winter can sleep for days. They love the trees, especially those in which the woodpeckers leave holes, ideal for comfortable nests.



3. "Squirrels make nests every year in the tree, when winter comes. Total in the area, I met five protein ", - says the photographer.



4. "They are especially active in the early morning and late evening. Most of the time these animals spend in the nest, so the chances to photograph them by day is very small. "



5. Predators avoid these proteins, flying from tree to tree with the help of a thin membrane of skin on all four paws.



6. These squirrels prefer pine, cedar or spruce abandoned hollows that made woodpeckers.



7. On average, flying squirrels weigh about 150 g, and with their tail length up to 34 cm.
That's all. Thank you for attention.



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