Baby Flying Squirrel Takes Flight for the First Time | Mammals | BBC Earth

[@i12cu2]

David Attenborough will celebrate his 98th birthday in 6 days (May 8th). I find it incredible that he still delights us with such great documentaries and I wish him all the best and that he stays with us for a long time to come. Best wishes from Germany to all who read this! 🙂

[@silvialopes9877]

Obrigada 🙏

[@chilguc1519]

🙏

[@hanniaedithmartinezadame794]

I wish we all could age like him, with an intact mind.

[@yahthykingdom]

HBD Sir 🙏

[@TedParkman]

Amen there! This brings tears to your eyes, it's so beautiful!

[@TheGrimStoic]

THIS should get an Oscar...the sound, the editing, the camerawork. The acting...It's like the squirrels were paid to follow a script! Top it off with David's proud as a dad emotive narration - perfection.

[@littlehills739]

sound is fake

[@Judaspriest66624]

Not to forget the animal’s cuteness !!

[@eFMe-fk1xh]

Well, there is a script. Everything in documentaries (the "spectacular" ones, like BBC's) is edited to create stories that did not actually happen, with scenes taken from different situations or days, and then cut and pasted. They also add sounds.

[@TheGrimStoic]

@@eFMe-fk1xh are you refuting my point or buttressing it, laddie?

[@chilguc1519]

Also narration

[@peachk9174]

2:07 utter cuteness😍 2:53 tiny tiny pink feet😭

[@zitrone2779]

ultra cute :D

[@MsArctictraveller]

2:54 The way he disappears into the hole 😂

[@xiaomipocox3pro701]

It will try tomorrow 😂

[@buzzyboo6673]

Those upside down back legs sticking out! 😊❤

[@starxhilmie]

Thats what she said

[@beanhan4766]

Omg… it was so cute isn’t it 😂😂😂

[@shivajithakur7735]

I will try this tonight

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Why are they so cute tho?? 😭😭😭 The thumbnail brought me here.

[@mimosa27]

Because we're human and find certain characteristics cute in other species. If we were alligators or komodo dragons, we wouldn't find them cute.

[@papagrounds]

The Admins chose the cutest forms so that people wouldn't harm them while they're observing the Matrix.

[@kaliopigreen6353]

They’re Japanese

[@mimosa27]

@@papagrounds LOL what? Haha

[@leaedt7614]

@@mimosa27 We would. And appetising also.

[@jayxes1402]

I feel you, other baby squirrel... I feel you

[@blucat4]

😄

[@melissawiekharvey5037]

He's a little flying throw blanket, I love him

[@affexxe]

These are the cutest animals on earth

[@lisalaursen3684]

Yes, they’re right up there with puppies and fawns. Too cute!

[@jd_99]

Let me introduce you to the Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel

[@kathysenn7664]

I'd say they rank up there with sloths and meerkats!!!. a flying squirrel afraid of heights-- makes me , as God's creature along with said squirrel, less concerned about my own fears and shortcomings. 🕊️n🤍 to self and others!! God is Good! PS self preservation is strong in actual and human squirrels.. direct quote from inside the tree 'sooo, you expect me to shimmy thru this small hole from which I'll get slivers.. then fly across to that tree over there which is most likely gonna knock the wind outta my sail.. Ima squirrel, notta idiot'

[@Minarreal]

Bro, have you seen a fairy penguin? Or most penguin chicks, for that matter.

[@kathysenn7664]

@@Minarreal i googled-- they are CUTE!! have you seen one in person? there's a book about them by Tilda Kelly, called The Fairy Penguin-- it's wearing a turquoise and white sweater from neck to feet! it must be from a series cuz there's a paw with Baby Animal Friends on it on the front cover!

[@Keln02]

BBC earth, and Sir Atenbourough, are national treasures

[@lauramourad-user-vk7cx1rt4b]

🙏💗👍💗🙏

[@larryg.9187]

Yes, International Treasures 🌎 🌍

[@abrantie]

No, world Treasure

[@SOB98]

You must really love BBC, huh?

[@SunLightFawn]

and the cute flying squirrels. too!

[@jstewlly4747]

"That's not flying, that's falling with style"

[@unknownunknowns]

Toy Story

[@zitrone2779]

it is gliding with style-

[@nupoorsarkar3794]

is smth called gliding but ok

[@LauraSmart-i6i]

Styling it out with........ actual style!

[@suki757]

I dont blame the little guy, I wouldn't want to leave that cozy nest either!

[@karansjet3823]

IT'S SOOO FLUFFEEH

[@EricSundquistKC]

I want a hug from one!

[@shelleyhanson9793]

​ I KNOW RIGHT! ❤😊😂

[@shelleyhanson9793]

​@@EricSundquistKC I KNOW RIGHT! ❤😊❤

[@theexerciseedit3147]

Thanks Agnes! 🦄

[@footfault1941]

It's so beautiful as to hold the breath. A squirrel was just about to landing on treetrunk. Take a close look at her hair/fur on the back! An exquisite aerial maneuvering the camera captured. This is BBC.

[@mirola73]

Mother nature is such a wonderful thing with each animal adapting to the environment they're in.

[@kakhaval]

Darwinians say it is result of random evolution but we all see it is directed purposeful evolution.

[@إبراهيم-ق3غ]

There is a God who created the nature, His name is Allah, the Lord of the worlds, there is no god but Allah.

[@Prenum]

@@إبراهيم-ق3غdelusional 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

[@إبراهيم-ق3غ]

@@Prenum Fear Allah, because you will die in the end, I will die too, and so everyone. We will stand before Allah and be judged by Him in the hereafter. Hell is real and heaven is real as you are reading this comment.

[@Prenum]

@@إبراهيم-ق3غ Prove it first.

[@johnhelms8226]

What an incredible short film. It makes the experience of the young Siberian flying squirrels universal.

[@venicawood3894]

So beautiful. So cute. I smiled through the entire clip.

[@eh42]

1:25 As an airplane nerd, that flare to slow down to land followed by clear wing stall is an amazing capture! Look at the fur near the leading edge on mama's shoulders - it is smooth in laminar flow, but as she flares, her angle of attack increases until the air delaminates, and goes chaotic as her wing stalls - just as her air speed and rate of climb reach zero, poink! She sticks the landing.

[@dougmackenzie5976]

This wingsuit craze has gotten out of hand!! Even the squirrels are wearing them!

[@anandsharma7430]

Isn't nature amazing! Whenever you think you're good at art or imagination or anything intellectually challenging, just watch a few videos on how surprising nature is, to be instantly humbled. From the stars, to the deep sea aliens, to such beauties as flying squirrels, nature has such a dazzling variety of beautiful creations. Breathtaking.

[@farukomerkonca]

It's true. But what is more surprising is that you are attributing these beauties to inanimate nature when you can attribute them to a supernaturally powerful being.

[@billwhite9703]

@@farukomerkonca Inanimate nature? Hardly.

[@iDaemonify]

Oh my goodness gracious that is so cute

[@jasonhewitt1129]

I have a group of these little guys at my cottage i have been feeding them for years and they even let you pet them! Soooo soft and fluffy highly recommend befriending ❤

[@Tracydot3]

Don't feed wild animals and never touch them. It's not good for them. Other humans can harm them more easily, the squirrels can overpopulate and then end up becoming a nuisance to the community and could end up being killed because of it. They are wild and can find their own food.

[@Mew335]

Crying from cuteness overload watching this 😭

[@Akisa37]

Baby squirrel 1 : Woohoo ! Look at me, I'm flyiiiing ! Baby squirrel 2 : Nope.

[@Ultrabored95]

Evolution is so beautiful. It never ceases to amaze.

[@caravanlifenz]

It's nice his mother didn't force him when he wasn't feeling ready 🥰

[@faustocardy5018]

The voice of the narrator, the cute stories demonstrated through the video, the sound effects and music. Omg, it's looking adorable 🥰

[@stevenvassalli2408]

Used to see and watch such squirrels in St. Louis some 57 yrs ago. Haven't seen any sense we moved away from there. Used to also see stick insects or stick bugs back there. They were pretty cool.

[@星空の下のペンギン]

ムササビちゃん、パッと見はリスっぽいのに、飛んでる姿を見ると忍者みたい😆 可愛い💕

[@Ash_Aszhari]

🎂🎈Happy Birthday Mr Attenborough! 🎉🎁Thank you for many years of sharing the world's nature with us. I started watching your shows as a baby, with my dad. My love for nature comes from you both! Much Love, Ash. ❤

[@Wildicon19]

These are fascinating Flying Squirrels! They are so adorable, but don't let their cuteness fool you, as they are resilient creatures!

[@billwhite9703]

They are a terror to nuts!

[@LauraSmart-i6i]

The smallest in nature has to be quite tough and resilient. And those cute big beautiful eyes? Lovely, but a disarming TRAP!

[@spotty67]

Thank you BBC from Canada.

[@MargieBishop-f9w]

Siberian Squirrel.... You Came... And You... Changed My World...🐿🎶

[@dm-31024]

Oh wow❤ most adorable thing ever. Stunning footage! Truly! & w/that music & commentator’s voice & storytelling: beautiful combination. Thanks!

[@leegalen8383]

Oh those eyes❤ .

[@Muryxkitteh]

I love the (as-always-brilliant BBC Earth filming) moment at 1:00 minute in, where you can really clearly see that floofy tail waggling back and forth--just like the pendulum on one of those cat clocks. Tick! Tock! Tree! THWOCK

[@davedee6745]

Something that can fly without having parts of itself fall off in mid flight...amazing!!!

[@Cerbera66]

They have their own wingsuite 😊

[@catherineursini7725]

Those big beautiful eyes get me. They're just adorable! ❤️❤️🐿️🐿️

[@Noah-uy4nb]

I like their little wiggle to get their wings deployed fully

[@brocktoon8]

Oh my goodness!!!!!! Bless these sweet souls forever!!!!!

[@atticusmcbuddy6283]

Little beedy eyed ninjas gliding thru the trees. Incredibly deadly and silent.

[@andyjay729]

Assuming we humans allow them to survive, maybe they'll eventually develop powered flight. Bats and maybe even birds probably developed flight by first gliding.

[@Paka1918]

@@andyjay729 Yes. When human die out, then evolution will make big steps forward.

[@great_victory]

Sir David ❤

[@RewdAwakening]

Is it ?

[@sjain8111]

@@RewdAwakening yes 🙌🏻

[@wika1117]

Flying squirrel is most definitely one of natures "why not" experiments 😂

[@antonliakhovitch8306]

Every single one of nature's experiments is a 'why not' experiment

[@wika1117]

@@antonliakhovitch8306 The way i look it is that most things are "purpose build" and have abilities that help in that purpose but does a squirrel really need ability to fly 😄

[@rosannocampo8848]

This baby is so cute & amazing to see him fly

[@ПТНПНХ-н3р]

That's base jumping at its finest! No chute whatsoever!!

[@CecilB-x7g]

Had one for a pet when I was a kid. His name was Rocky, got him from his nest when he was a juvenile and he had never taken his first flight. When he got a little older we introduced him to gliding by playing catch. The first couple of times he was freaking and adjusting like crazy but that went away really fast. They are nocturnal and for a long time we kept him in a screened breeze way. He would sleep inside a ball of string all day and as soon as evening rolled around he would spend the afternoon gliding for the top of the screen on one side of the room to the other. Great little pet, very cute and friendly

[@wongilank]

That's some bold eye liners out there

[@angelicagaldos]

They are Way too gorgeous

[@s-code-b]

This will not stop being pleasant. Come back when you need a break. 😁

[@razorart1371]

Thank goodness for videos such as this. In such a crazy, mixed-up world, it's nice to wake up to something charming and fun. Thank you BBC Earth.

[@EdZooHub-4U]

Absolutely magical! ✨ Watching this baby flying squirrel take its first flight is like witnessing a tiny miracle unfold before our eyes.

[@ganjaman59650]

kudos for people that took the footage, amazing.

[@lauramourad-user-vk7cx1rt4b]

Wonderful, fabulous!!! All animals are like heroes!!! Sweet and brave heroes!!! 💗🐿💗

[@reddragon8]

This video is EVERYTHING! The stunning camerawork and angles, the music, the epic cuteness, the comedy. What a masterpiece!

[@ouch000u]

*Noble Qur'an* 35:13 يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّۭ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ ١٣ He merges the night into the day and the day into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for an appointed term. That is Allah-your Lord! All authority belongs to Him. But those ˹idols˺ you invoke besides Him do not possess even the skin of a date stone.

[@reddragon8]

@@ouch000u lies!

[@ouch000u]

@@reddragon8 *Holy Qur'an* 15:2 رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ٢ Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish[1] that they had been Muslims. [1]On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death. 15:3 ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ٣ Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know. 15:4 وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ٤ And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

[@reddragon8]

@@ouch000u More lies! Go scam someone else 😂😂

[@reddragon8]

@@ouch000u More lies!!

[@kierenmoore3236]

Fact: Siberian Squirrels kill their prey using cuteness overload.

[@TheGrimStoic]

Their prey is nuts, I say to that!

[@jonno27]

Gliders are magical little creatures. There are several different types in Australia. If you hold one, or they run over you, they feel almost weightless.

[@WisteriAvis]

It's so freaking adorable!!!

[@CaliJirka]

The scared little one when it entered the nest 2:50 had me laughing

[@SherryHill-k5y]

Me too!!😂

[@i_am_ergo]

The cinematography here is unbelievable. I was like, "No way they'll have a shot from inside the nest!" Well, lo and behold. Huge props to the crew that made this possible.

[@lisascenic]

Oh good heavens! Those retreating toes!

[@lourdescqm7169]

🎉🎉 ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Sir David Attenborough! ✨ 98 años y una mente lúcida es un privilegio. Su voz ha acompañado a muchas generaciones y hemos aprendido tanto. ❤

[@TedParkman]

Brings a tear to my eye! Really beautiful!❤🙏

[@janie7242]

Innocent Big eye, Take your time, you will be ready to fly maybe tomorrow! 😊

[@michaeliovine2462]

Flying squirrels are awesome and they are pretty sociable little fellers to love em

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Incrível ...são tão lindos nesta natureza tão bela!! São uns voadores excelentes ....

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

That is so cute. And with this being presented by the legendary Sir Attenborough, is just *chef's kiss*.

[@tengotnco5942]

Sir David A. Is best story teller of nature❤🎉 Fly high cute squirrel🐿

[@mlbrooks4066]

And you can recognize them by their call: "WEEEEEEEEE!"

[@LauraSmart-i6i]

Look mom! I'm FLYYYYYINGGGG!

[@Fresh_Princess]

Furry paraglider! ❤❤

[@jerzybecik1120]

Sir David Attenborough is 98 today! Best wishes to you Sir from Poland!

[@patriciatoomingtheplantpar2558]

Those little legs tho😂😂

[@laalaa99stl]

Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat!

[@MrCaprinut]

Will never be tired of hearing my name brother telling stories about nature. And what a cute little one 🥰

[@user-sk4gj3ji3o]

Excellent documentaries first time saw flying.

[@jamilhaider9278]

Awesome work BBC 👏

[@DOI_ARTS]

There's always the bravest kid in the family that will show the siblings how to do it

[@Escarpey]

자연이란 정말 경의롭다.

[@DPS1194]

Thanks to the Kratt brothers, flying squirrels are my favorite animal. I wish I could see it in person, if not for this pandemic.

[@commedesgarcons1017]

Oh my god! So adorable!! Full episode please

[@dorrainecrump3396]

How can anything be that dang adorable?!

[@samdumaquis2033]

This is beautiful

[@monicashahatit8211]

This was so refreshing, thank you

[@kamintaku1793]

Soooo cuteee

[@LadyMngwa]

The squirrels are super cute but can we appreciate those high quality shots? I always wonder how do they even manage to do those and in such clear quality. Especially with animals who are shy and fast and squirrels are like a greased lighting.

[@NeeewDaSquirrelNuttz-yp4oo]

They are so cute!!! They are like little balls of fluff 🥹🥹🥹

[@gloriareszler4196]

We have these sweet squirrels in Ontario,, Canafa!🍁👏

[@CrystalShannon713]

Oh my gosh how adorable, beautifully filmed and edited too

[@mizzwitty1042]

I once saw a squirrel mother teaching her child how to increase jumps and adding height - very interesting ❤

[@Foxfuzzer46]

Adorable Gliding Squirrel ❤

[@scottmcandrew9642]

The heart shaped knot around the timid little guys tree hole was sure cute. He just needs him a moose 🫎 for a friend

[@MrDrD34TH]

Nature is awesome ♥️ thanks for the great Footage 🙌

[@ouch000u]

*Holy Qur'an* 35:13 يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّۭ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ ١٣ He merges the night into the day and the day into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for an appointed term. That is Allah-your Lord! All authority belongs to Him. But those ˹idols˺ you invoke besides Him do not possess even the skin of a date stone.

[@lisagermano3934]

Such a cute Baby Base Jumper ❤ 😍❤️

[@Sq7Arno]

The cuteness is pretty extreme.

[@containedhurricane]

So cute and adorable! They're like Disney's characters come to life

[@xXG3TPWNEDXx]

Wow amazing footage. Those squirrels are so adorable. I can't!!!

[@maryrosekent8223]

I laughed through the entire clip-they’re just so dang adorable!

[@olorin4317]

Thank you, I needed a heavy dose of adorable.

[@cherry-up29]

Our nature is amazing🥹🫶🏼

[@scaleworksRC]

We have them in the Southeast US. Only come out at night, and one actually did the glide for me when I was doing my rounds one night. So cool!

[@mariemac5347]

Fascinating ☺️ thank you ❤