Baby Flying Squirrel Takes Flight for the First Time | Mammals | BBC Earth

[Music] high in the trees one mammal gets about without touching the [Music] ground a Siberian squirrel it can glide [Music] a furry membrane stretches from its wrists to its ankles [Music] there could hardly be a more efficient way of [Music] traveling at this time of the year the female squirrels are not only feeding for [Music] themselves they're also raising families a disused woodpecker's nest hole protects the young squirrels from the Subzero temperature their mother's precious milk must sustain them throughout the winter 5 Weeks Later the warmth of spring has transformed the forests it's time for

the Young squirrels to leave the shelter of their nest but first flights are somewhat [Music] daunting one of the youngsters seemed [Music] keen and one not quite so confident the first climbs up the tree while the other watches the higher up they go the further they will Glide and then lift [Music] off made it but the other seems to have pre-flight [Music] nerves perhaps you'll try tomorrow [Music]