Sugar Glider
There are actually six different species of Glider found in Australia. They include:
Yellow Bellied Glider with scientific name of Petaurus australis
Sugar Glider with scientific name of Petaurus breviceps
Squirrel Glider with scientific name of Petaurus phalanger
Greater Glider with scientific name of Petaurioides volans
Feathertail Glider with scientific name of Acrobates pygmaeus
Mahogany Glider with scientific name of Petaurus gracilis
The species of a Sugar Glider is Peatarus Breviceps. The sugar glider is a type of possum which is a type of marsupial.
Ball Python
They are called ball pythons in the python region and the ball part in the name because they roll up in a ball for defense. When a ball python is falling down, it would roll up in a ball giving it less injuries. Ball pythons also roll into a ball mostly to keep them warm. A ball python is usually 2 to 4 feet long with some exceptions that get 5 to 6 feet. They have a diet of either pinky mice, hoppers, small mice, rats, rat pups, they also eat gerbals and hamsters.
Hedgehog
Hedgehogs occasionally perform a ritual called anointing. When the animal encounters a new scent, it will lick and bite the source, then form a scented froth in its mouth and paste it on its spines with its tongue. It's unknown what the specific purpose of this ritual is, but some experts believe anointing camouflages the hedgehog with the new scent of the area and provides a possible poison or source of infection to predators poked by their spines. Anointing is sometimes also called anting because of a similar behavior in birds.
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