Sometimes all it takes to be an animal’s hero is being in the right place at exactly the right time and opening your heart to them.
Much like when this kindhearted man rescued a tiny, strange creature on the sidewalk outside his home, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital saved one of the tiniest animals they have ever encountered earlier this year.
In the following photo, we meet Boop, a pint-sized, newborn feathertail glider who most people wouldn’t even notice if they passed one on the street. The tiny animal weighs just about 1 gram in the photo, taken right after she was rescued, but should grow up to be about 1/2 an ounce or about 13 grams.
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The hospital will rehabilitate the rescued feathertail glider until she’s ready to return to the wild. “After falling from her mother’s pouch, Boop luckily escaped any injury and will now receive round-the-clock care by a specialised wildlife carer until she is ready to return to the wild. Isn’t she precious!,” a spokesperson for the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital told the Telegraph.
When Boop was rescued, she was just about the size of a fingernail, but these pygmy marsupials grow into seriously cute little guys… and they may just be our new favorite animal!
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[Featured Image: Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors]
Rescued Newborn Feathertail Glider Is Zoo’s Tiniest Patient Ever is an article from: LifeDaily