Comments on: Mystery Mammal Defies Identification

By: Scrabbydoo

Scrabbydoo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:48:41 +0000

I’m thinking about a sugar glider as a pet. Anything I should know?

By: PhotoExpert

PhotoExpert — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:55:54 +0000

It’s a sugar glider. I own them myself. I also own the largest rescue and rehabilitation forum for sugar gliders on the net. We get many inquiries from people who own them in the UK. And sometimes they escape and ask us for advice on how to recapture their pet.

Definitely an escaped pet sugar glider!

By: forsakenfuture

forsakenfuture — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:41:58 +0000

Sounds like a sugar glider.I have one of these great creatures as a pet.Im suprised how many of you seem to know what they are,people i run into seem to of never heard of them.

By: greatanarch

greatanarch — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:39:29 +0000

Some postage stamp! Wimbledon common is about a mile square.

By: dogu4

dogu4 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:23:28 +0000

Without a picture I don’t know why it would be presumed to be anything but a sugar glider, but the way the article reads serves as a very interesting example of how shy crepuscular creatures, appearing suddenly, even in a world innudated with camera phones and all manner of other cameras can escape our detection even when living in an urban postage stamp sized park and seen by lots of eyes. It underscores how un-warranted the notion that since we have no definitive pictures of a sasquatch, they must not exist.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:40:03 +0000

I see nothing here to make me think that this is some new species or “mystery creature” rather than a known one. It could be a flying squirrel or sugar glider for sure. Seen out of context by someone unfamiliar with these animals could definately cause them to think they had seen something bizarre or unexplainable or give them a start. The real question for me would be where it came from. A photo would be nice!

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:58:40 +0000

Well, if they see this animal next to a moose, then the mistery would be solved

By: jayman

jayman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:38:34 +0000

Another possibility is a colugo or so-called “flying lemur”, a primitive Southeast Asian mammal of the order Dermoptera. The description of the head is suggestive.

By: darkshines

darkshines — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:57:55 +0000

Sugar gliders are kept as pets here in the UK, but I believe it is either illegal or you need a handcore license. I’ll follow the story here, see if we get any photos….

By: Rappy

Rappy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:48:47 +0000

Yeah, it sounds like a sugar glider. I’ve seen a few in a local exotics expo, and they fit the bill better than the Southeast’s flying squirrels in our trees and chimneys.