"360-Degrees Lives" is a series of semispherical, 360-degree panoramic videos taken with a small camera. The shots provide a wide-ranging look at the lives of animals and insects cared for at zoos and other facilities. Users can view images taken from rare angles of prairie dog pups approaching the camera buried in the ground as well as beetles skillfully walk on top of the lenses.

Don’t blink, or you’ll miss these stealthy Siberian flying squirrels

October 25, 2019 update!

You can enjoy it on the full screen by clicking the "FULL" button in the upper right.(Depending on the terminal, it may not be displayed correctly. The recommendation browser is "Google Chrome".)

They're not called the “ninja of the forest” for nothing.

When night falls, the Siberian flying squirrel glides through the air from tree to tree in the forests of Hokkaido.

But when the slightly plump rodent fixes you with its beady stare, it actually melts your heart.

The Sapporo Maruyama Zoo keeps eight Siberian flying squirrels for exhibition.

On the morning of a fall day in late September, the exhibition... (By TOSHIYUKI TAKEYA/ Staff Writer)

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