German merchant associations from the Hanseatic League were the first to gain a foothold in the Pacific region in the establishment of two German colonies; New Guinea and Samoa. By 1910 the New Guinea colony had been expanded to include all or part of Nauru, Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall and Solomon Islands.
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Petaurus breviceps - Sugar gliders are marsupials, animals giving birth to under-developed young requiring additional time for growth in the mother’s pouch. The sugar glider is a nocturnal and arboreal animal able to glide distances of 50 meters by extending its gliding membrane. Gliding between trees reduces danger and the amount of energy needed for climbing up and down a tree. The eyes are large enough to allow the animal to see in the dark and set far apart to assist in calculating the launching and landing of each glide.
