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Read this text to learn about two very unusual creatures. Then answer the questions.

Flying squirrels are fond of fruits and nuts, but enticing them to a windowsill for closer acquaintance requires both skill and luck. The shelf must be at a level to which they can leap from a tree and then away again, for unlike bats these nocturnal midget squirrels can only glide, not flap or fly. At times, they do visit feeding stations built for daytime birds. They will clean up little piles of dry rolled oats--relishing them as a delicacy just like sunflower seeds and apples.

In darkness, a wide variety of insect life is on the wing. A glowworm can be found in almost any city garden, vacant lot or park. Wherever fallen leaves and rotting wood accumulate, these insects search out smaller creatures they can subdue and eat. Usually a glowworm proves to be the wingless female of a special firefly, Phengodes. In the dark it shines with rows of bright points along the sides of its three-quarter-inch length. Smaller and less spectacular facsimiles turn out to be the immature stages of other kinds of fireflies.

What is the purpose of this selection?

How do flying squirrels move through the air?

Why do flying squirrels visit feeding stations built for daytime birds?

What does the word  “relishing”  mean in the phrase “relishing them as a delicacy?”