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Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), from Brehms Tierleben. Third, revised printing. Mammals, first volume. Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographisches Institut. (1890), by Gustav Mühel, illustrator: K. Janamarkt
Alert aye-aye (DLC).
The Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is always relevant.
Look at this fucker.
You see those fingers? You think you could mess with him? Fuck no, you couldn’t. He’s too good for you though, since he’s too busy filling the ecological niche of a woodpecker in the ecosystems of Madagascar. They are sadly killed however by the people of the great country of Madagascar since they’re known to be “bad omens.”
Superstition kills, bro.
Aye Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) by Richard Lydekker (1903)
BBC Nature - Aye aye ‘heats up’ middle finger. “Madagascar’s mysterious aye aye warms up its extra-long finger when searching for dinner, scientists have found. The lemur, the world’s largest nocturnal primate, taps its specialised middle finger on tree trunks to find nutritious beetle larvae.
Studying thermal images, researchers found that the digit was colder than the others but warmed by up to 6C during foraging. Scientists suggest that the aye aye saves energy by keeping the digit cool.”
the aye aye - what a beautifully unique animal
This is Duke Lemur Center’s new baby aye-aye. She has just been named Elphaba!
Fig. 44. Der Aye-Aye (Chiromys madagascariensis, Desm.) und sein Kopfskelett * now known as Daubentonia madagascariensis
from Illustrierter Leitfaden der Naturgeschichte des Thierreiches, 1876, by T. F. Zimmermann, illustrator: A.A. von W. Aarfand
Great find!
