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00:00One such species is the Sugar Glider.
00:28A small marsupial, unusually adept at navigating this new and treacherous environment.
00:58A small marsupial.
01:05A small marsupial.
01:10A small marsupial.
01:17A small marsupial.
01:27Those Sugar Gliders, like all life on Earth, now balance on the brink of extinction.
01:32Their still beating hearts offer us glimmers of hope.
01:36Proof that no matter the challenge, life can always find a way.
01:43Let's go.
01:58Let's go.
02:27For human beings, sugar gliders form powerful familial bonds.
02:32Adults and their offspring protect and nurture each other,
02:36and cooperate in ways that enhance their chances of survival.
02:46But no amount of cooperation can avert some disasters.
02:57And where there is life, there is hope.
03:16This young family of sugar gliders is living on hope.
03:29With their nest destroyed and their father cruelly taken,
03:33they'll need every ounce of it to brave the dangers of the wild in search of a new home.
03:39Young gliders, or joeys, sometimes remain with their mothers until they are ten months old.
03:47At only six months, our young glider will need more time at his mother's side to learn the ropes.
03:55Every step forward for this joey is a step into the unknown.
04:04His mother and baby sister are the only constants in his life.
04:09And his mother has the knowledge and wisdom that come with age.
04:14He'll have to follow her closely.
04:17He's still young and has much to learn.
04:21Sugar gliders are tree-born animals.
04:24Out of their element on the forest floor, this plucky youngster must stay alert
04:30and find ways to strengthen himself for the arduous journey ahead.
04:35Mushrooms and other succulent plant life not only offer nourishment to the sugar glider,
04:44but a path to follow.
04:46For where plants thrive, other forms of life can thrive as well.
05:05Forestry can see that thefoil.
05:06Someone's catching up isn't something quite likely.
05:07Within the forest floor, it's really decent for thejeronan.
05:09объяс can stall once.
05:10Who will hire people to help?
05:11They're all alone.
05:13Someone's curious, your tremendous mother and mother,
05:14who will inherit the land of the forest.
05:16He has the essential food.
05:17He has the first time for power to deliver a bigger tamanho of their 신.
05:20He has the needs to help to heal.
05:22He has a barrier to healing.
05:25We've waited plans for vida for the young people.
05:28Our thumb and him have the 여x can be spared the life.
05:30He has a barrier to help to help him.
05:32He has the responsibility and his son of the people's enemies.
05:34Jumping, a precursor to gliding, keeps the glider nimble and strong, skills he'll need
05:53if he's to survive this quickly changing environment.
06:04A spider, though small, it has all the markings of the notorious Black Widow.
06:33The glider must master every skill in his arsenal to thrive, and one of his most notable attributes
06:40is gliding.
06:42He cannot survive without acquiring this primary skill, but to glide he'll need strength, and
06:49strength comes from food.
06:53The forest floor, despite its dangers, also provides.
06:59Plump cloudberries fruit, a chock full of nutrients, and tasty too.
07:06So you're afraid to cover him, and to plant your acumulations as well.
07:13I'll have to go to the next level.
07:17It's just great to be careful about your glider in the middle of the time.
07:53This is Xavier Island, one of only a handful of ecosystems that remain.
08:20Its dense forest would once have offered cover and comfort to this young sugar glider, but no longer.
08:28The island is now a deadly war zone of competing species.
08:31The sugar glider feels most at home in the trees, and for good reason.
08:43The glider's whole body is adapted for the high life of the forest canopy.
08:49Opposable thumbs on his hind feet allow him to clasp branches and perform wonderful feats of acrobatics.
08:56With his gliding membrane, he can defy gravity itself and float on the air like a piece of paper.
09:05At least, in theory.
09:06An excellent first attempt.
09:19The young glider has soared successfully from one of the island's trees to another, despite the dizzying drop in between.
09:26But the energy extended in this first glide has left him famished.
09:32Perhaps it's time to stop for a snack.
09:35Oh, thank you.
09:50A delicious meal.
10:19There's nothing like a successful hunt to put the spring back in your step.
10:25The sugar glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
10:40The sugar glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
10:52The sugar glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
11:02The glider has ventured close to the cliff's edge.
11:23The winds here are harsh.
11:25One wrong move could send him tumbling into the waters below.
11:29And because gliders can't swim, this would be a deadly mistake.
11:33The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
11:45The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
11:52The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
12:04The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
12:11The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
12:19The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
12:24The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
12:31The glider forges ahead with a new vigour.
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