Japanese Flying Squirrel. Photographer -Masato Sasaki

Jan 11, 2025 10:10 AM

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Also known as a momonga.

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Very Anime - guess we know where they got that from

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It's so, so CUTE ❤️

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Mascara is def on point.

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And it's overseas cousin, the American Ground Squirrel...

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It looks like a Disney character.

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It's got those big anime eyes

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Is the origin of anime?

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Pokemons are real in Japan

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OK, while the original footage is genuine. This has been altered from its original Instagram post with an ai filter on top. Why ai filter an already perfect thing. Maybe this account is a bot, who knows but it's not exactly like the original video posted.

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Where can the original be found?

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Welp, that explains Japanese animation . . .

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Came here to say just this;)

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we had a old bird house in our backyard, hung from a tree. and one year Squirrels made a nest in there, and one morning it was misarable weather it was sleeth storm, wet and windy, me and my mom stepped outside mom started to smoke we, i was drinking my coffee, we where huddled under the balcony as we saw a very dazed looking squirrel emerge from the bird house, (with bed hair) took look around and promptlu dove back in and plugged the entrance. me and my mom laughed out loud

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Even IRL Japanese creatures have heart shapes around each eye. Im dying from the cute

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I've been obsessed with these guys for years. Like Lil anime characters that sit on your shoulder and squeak in a teen girls voice shot how they believe in you and you can totally do it with the power of believing it, too!

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It has eyeliner

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momo!

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Holy 🦆, that is so freaking cute, it should be illegal!

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Oh come on. How does the country with kawaii culture get the cutest fucking rodent I've ever seen, and I get stuck with the fat american af squirrels that chew up my cars engine

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Now I know where Japan got the idea for anime.

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MFer is cute AF

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Lord have mercy, I'm already a diabetic!

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Come on Man, you said it was a flying squirrel and I see zero attempts at flight and no sign of wings. Pics or it didn't happen.

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"You want me to fly? Fuck you man, it's cold outside!" - the flying squirrel

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And not a single moose nearby, either!

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Because it uses rotors, duh

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And no sweet little sounds. Still loving it

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It's currently getting its flight license, give it time!

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I'm making so many aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh noies
ugggh just look at that

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Somthing eats that

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WHY IS EVERYTHING LIKE 10X MORE ADORABLE IN JAPAN

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Oh my gosh it has heart eyes

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Any Vets/Biologists here?: how do their eyes work, when there is no visible iris? It’s not all pupil. How do they mange different lights?

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Many animals have a black sclera. There's a pupil, it's just hard to distinguish. Some scientists say that our white sclera, which allows you to see where another person is looking, was an important evolutionary step in building nonverbal social connections.

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Interesting, thank you. Follow up: is there a “performance” difference in black or white sclera? Is there an explanation for the difference? Does it have to do with animals being nocturnal? As in bats have black eyes, too.
I can see the relevance for nv communication but that would be a result, not a reason.

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I'm past my knowledge. I'm guessing there's a moderate nighttime camouflage benefit of the black sclera, and a significant benefit for social development of the white sclera. So random mutations with no direct eyesight benefit could still get a big selection bump.

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