This is a video depicting how a sugar glider scavanges for food in the wild. Unfortunately, due to the differences with its natural habitat, the food eaten by the glider was not found but given. It can be seen that the glider smells and examines the food before grabbing it from the owner's hand. This shows that every animal is cautious of their whereabouts no matter living in a jungle or in human presence. Besides that, the glider also tends to hang from the top of the cage in an inverted position similar to that of a sleeping bat. In the wild, sugar gliders perform this manoeuvre to be able to eat as well as keep a lookout for predators on the hunt.
Introduction to Biomimetics
This blog dictates the 14 week journey of the study of a Sugar Glider which is the pet of choice in the subject Engineering and Biomimetics ENG 4223. The reason we choose this subject is due to the interest in the mimicking of nature's diversity in engineering designs which enables us to achieve technological breakthrough where we are today. In accordance to this blog, we would like to thank Dr. Yong Leng Chuan for being the ever understanding lecturer and Dr. Mushtak Al-Atabi for giving us this opportunity to embrace nature's beauty into our engineering capabilities. Hope you enjoy browsing through this enjoy as a token of our appreciation.
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