60m glide of 4 flying squirrels：エゾモモンガ4匹の60m大滑空
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ค. 2024
- The jump of a flying squirrel from tree to tree is quite a sight to behold as it spreads the membrane between its hands and feet and performs a spectacular glide. The flying squirrels are completely nocturnal animals, and during the day in winter, several to 10 of them gather together deep in tree holes and sleep huddled together to protect themselves from the cold. The flying squirrel has a head and body length of 16 cm, a tail of 10 cm, and a weight of about 100 g.
エゾモモンガが木から木に飛び移る姿は、手と足の間にある皮膜を広げて見事な滑空を見せてくれるので見応え十分です。エゾモモンガは完全な夜行性動物で、冬の日中は木の穴の奥に数匹から10匹が集合して身を寄せ合って眠り、寒さをしのぎます。エゾモモンガは頭胴長16cmで尾が10cm、体重は100g程度です。
More than 10 flying squirrels live in a group in the hole in the tree that was taken in this video, and when the sun goes down, they stick their heads out of the hole one by one and run up to the top of the tree, keeping a watchful eye on the outside of the hole. It's really cute to see them taking a break on a branch along the way and preening themselves carefully. Their eyes are large and their faces are full of expression when viewed from the front, so their facial expressions are truly soothing.
このビデオで撮影した木の穴には10匹以上のエゾモモンガが集団生活をしていて、日が落ちると穴の外を警戒しながら1匹ずつ穴から顔を出して木の上部に駆け上っていきました。途中の枝で休憩して入念に毛繕いする姿が実に可愛いですね。目が大きくて正面から見た顔が表情豊かなので、その表情には本当に癒されます。
When the break was over, the flying squirrels ran up to the treetops one after another. This is because they fly out from the treetops in all directions and glide to other trees around them to feed.
休憩が終わるとエゾモモンガは次々に木の梢まで駆け上がっていきました。梢から四方に飛び出して、食事をするために滑空して周囲の他の木に飛び移るためです。
Luckily on this day, four of them glided toward a tree 60 meters away. I was able to capture the gliding scene with a camera set up under a tree 60 meters away, but since it was dark after sunset, I had no choice but to open the aperture. The focus is blurry at the scene where they ran up to the treetops, jumped out, and started gliding. Instead, I set the latter part of the glide to be in focus to a certain extent, and I played the latter part of the glide in double slow motion, so I think you can understand the flying squirrel's skillful gliding technique.
この日はラッキーなことに4匹が60mも離れた木に向かって滑空してくれました。その滑空の様子を60m離れた木の下にセットしたカメラで撮影出来たのですが、日没後の暗い時間帯なので絞りをオープンにせざるを得ず、梢に駆け上がってから飛び出して滑空を始めるシーンのピントはボケています。そのかわり、滑空の後半部分にはある程度ピントが合うように設定しましたし、滑空の後半部分だけは2倍のスローモーション再生にしましたのでエゾモモンガの巧みな滑空の技術を理解してもらえると思います。
However, later on, this burrow was attacked by a least weasel. Sadly, the flying squirrels that lived in this burrow, with their amazing gliding skills and adorable facial expressions, have since disappeared.
しかし後日、この巣穴は小型のイタチの仲間であるイイズナに襲われてしまいました。悲しいことに、素晴らしい滑空技術を持ち、愛らしい表情で和ませてくれたこの巣穴のエゾモモンガ達は、それ以来姿を消してしまいました。
Jun-ichi Shirokaze
城風 淳一
Photography Equipment:
SONY Alpha 1, SELP1635G, SEL200600G, SEL20TC
Video Editing Software:
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio 18
Music Production Software:
Steinberg Cubase Pro 12
Sampling Sound Library Software:
IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik 2
This is the cutest animal I have seen, after my dog... How is so cute, with them tiny hands, looking chonky, but can fly 😮 🐿️❤
Watching Ezo-momonga glide is amazing just because we can rarely watch them glide. Thanks for sharing such video!!