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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: colugo
Scientists in Malaysia have strapped high tech back packs onto flying lemurs (humans' closest cousins, by the way) to help understand the aerodynamics of how these nifty little creatures glide through the air.
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Category: colugo
We, the Brothers Bleiman, have speculated for years that humans' closest relative outside of the primate group is the colugo or flying lemur. Turns out we were right! What up, cuz? Two scientists, one from Penn State the other from...
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