When most people think of flying animals they think of birds and reptiles, these animals are masters of flight and the ability to fly has many different benefits. It can be use both for defence and attack as it can used to escape predators and it can also be used to catch their prey. Although some non avian creatures may try, there are very few mammals, amphibians, and reptile with the ability to fly. Despite this there are many great animal gliders and i will be covering some of these creatures today as i will be going through 5 of the great animal gliders.

Attributions

Flying snake images:
budak

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rushen

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bernard DUPONT

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
tontantravel

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Gihan Jayaweera
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gihan_Jayaweera
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Akash M. Deshmukh
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Akash_M._Deshmukh&action=edit&redlink=1
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alan Couch

(CC BY 2.0)

Wallace’s flying frog images:
Zleng

(CC BY 2.0)
Rushen

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bernard DUPONT

(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Colugo images:
David Cook

(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Alvin Wong

(CC BY 2.0)
budak

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Lip Kee

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Dick Knight

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Ria Tan

(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Sergey Yeliseev

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Lip Kee Yap

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
udo schuklenk

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Draco lizard images:
Victor

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Rushen

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Len Worthington

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Rawpixel Ltd

(CC BY 2.0)
Bernard DUPONT

(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Charles James Sharp
http://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Seshadri.K.S
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Seshadri.K.S
(CC BY-SA 3.0)
Mary Chris Lowe
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Mary_Chris_Lowe&action=edit&redlink=1
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bernard DUPONT

(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Flying fish images:
Tom Benson

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Mike Prince

(CC BY 2.0)

Flying fish footage:
Quit work, Be happy!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvvFS6KUZXr2vb-CWOi78w

Flying snake footage:
Gonzalo Mucientes
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9CIZLIU6ZcQ2SA1b3zzyyA
All everything Knowledge
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxhDmEW1u-NGxf85nLgoZlw

Colugo footage:
CATtv
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr6kIqAeMlloEmpsUDyh5Pg

Philippine eagle images:
shankar s.

(CC BY 2.0)
Tom McSparron

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Shemlongakit
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Shemlongakit&action=edit&redlink=1
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Billy Lopue

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Borneo Flying Frog image:
Chun Xing Wong

(CC BY 2.0)

Malabar Flying Frog image:
T. A Joseph

(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Swordfish image:
FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

In this video i will be covering the flying snake, the Draco lizard, Wallace’s flying frog, the Colugo, and the flying fish.

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed 🙂

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