From Steve Gettle
"Colugo" - Flying Lemur
Borneo is home to some of the world's most unique animals and certainly near the top of that list would be this flying lemur known locally as a Colugo. Technically they don't actually fly but glide between the trees very much like a "flying" squirrel.
Completely nocturnal this animal glides through the jungle at night on a membrane that runs between its hands and feet called a patagium. I love how the mottled fur looks very much like the bark of the tree trunks where it spends so much of its time.
Nature is just amazing!
Image: Flying Lemur, Sabah Borneo, Malaysia #nikon, 100-400mm, 1/200th @ f8, ISO 800, Image cropped 0% for final composition.
9 Comments
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social · 2 pts · 24d
Pretty sure this is actually a slug. A really big one.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Can a slug do....this?!
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social · 2 pts · 24d
Just add water! :p
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
Ooo...I dunno if I like that thing. My first thought was someone was swimming and their uterus fell out 😯
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social · 2 pts · 24d
Have to be a giant woman or like an elephant or hippo or something, these things are HUGE, and somehow substantially more offputting out of water!
You’re right that your lil guy is superior! :p
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
I would probably still touch it out of morbid curiosity, should opportunity arise, but still... 🫪🫣😳
The colugo is weird, but at least a mammal, so It should be at least a bit warm and fuzzy.
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social · 2 pts · 24d
I so would too! Ive touched little rays and young sturgeon, both of which are scale-less, and they are super soft, like wet velvet, so that big gross booger monster of a slug might actually be tactilely pleasing!
Not like a fuzzy snuggler, though. And probably not warm.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
I love rays. A sturgeon seems like that would be interesting as well. I've touched sea cucumbers and jellyfish, but your sea slug guy seems like it'd be way more muscular.
BurntBroccoli@piefed.world · 2 pts · 24d
I hope! Probably not though huh