An endangered species, the Aye-aye was once believed to be ill-omened, as its appearance was considered to predict death. As a result, they were killed by people. They are also killed by farmers to protect crops.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Aye-Aye
The aye-aye, the largest nocturnal primate in the world, lives exclusively in Madagascar.
It has rodent-like teeth which never stop growing, and a thin middle finger. It gets its food in an unusual way, shared only by the striped opossum. This is called percussive foraging- it involves gnawing holes into the wood with its incisors and then using that finger to take out grubs from it.
An endangered species, the Aye-aye was once believed to be ill-omened, as its appearance was considered to predict death. As a result, they were killed by people. They are also killed by farmers to protect crops.
An endangered species, the Aye-aye was once believed to be ill-omened, as its appearance was considered to predict death. As a result, they were killed by people. They are also killed by farmers to protect crops.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Special thanks to Leah Eliopoulos for encouraging me to write about aye-aye!
ReplyDelete