gravitymax | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 15 2006 | news, animals, nature, history
Quoted: Scientists have discovered an extinct animal the size of a small squirrel that lived in China at least 125 million years ago and soared among the trees. It is the earliest known example of gliding flight by mammals, and the scientists say it shows that mammals experimented with aerial life about the same time birds first took to the skies, perhaps even earlier.
prehistoric squirrel melts!
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