5,4,3,2,1 flying squirrell

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• Flying squirrels are 9 inches from nose to tail , they weigh about 2 ounces.
• They live in hardwoods, mostly hickory, beech. maple, and oak.
• They eat nuts, fruits, berries, insects and tree buds.
• If they are kept squirrels in captivity they live for about 13 years, but in the wild they live no more than 5 years.
• Squirrels have a lot of noises that they use to talk to each other and to warn each other.

4 questions

• Are all squirrels kind of alike or are they all different in the sense of like the way that the live or where they live?
• Will squirrels improvise with what they eat if that resource is no longer available?
• Why do squirrels have extremely fluffy tails,is it used for something specific?
• Why do animals pick to eat what they eat?

3 vocabulary

• twitters: chirping or tremulous sounds
• patagia: a wing membrane
• airborne: carried by the air

2 literary

• "gray mouse that flies" (pg. 167)
• "miniature copies of their parents" (pg. 170)

1 overview

1. This was about flying squirrels and how they live, what they eat, where they live, what they look like, and what they are like when they are babies.