Characteristics of a Aye Aye

 1. Aye-ayes have coarse, shaggy black fur with a mantle of long white-tipped guard hairs. They have a round head, large triangular ears, yellow-orange eyes and a pink nose. They have long digits with long curved claws except for the big toes.

2. The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur that inhabits the rainforests in Madagascar. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate and has a unique appearance.

3. Aye-ayes spend their lives in rain forest trees and avoid coming down to earth. They are nocturnal, and spend the day curled up in a ball-like nest of leaves and branches. The nests appear as closed spheres with single entry holes, situated in the forks of large trees.

4. Aye-ayes may help to disperse fruiting tree seeds through their frugivory. They are also important predators of wood-boring beetle larvae.

5. As arboreal animals, they maintain all daily activities while navigating treetops and living general life. The tree coverage helps camouflage aye-ayes from predators.

6. Some researchers believe aye-aye comes from the phrase “I don't know” in Malagasy, which may be because locals were afraid to speak the name.

7. The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a lemur native to the island of Madagascar and the world's biggest nocturnal primate. They are solitary creatures and spend their days asleep in the branches and searching for food at night.

8. But despite all the aye-aye's bizarre features, their hands are perhaps their strangest attribute. The four fingers are primary thumb are long and spindly. “It kind of looks like a cat walking on spiders,” Hartstone-Rose says.

9. Aye-ayes are relatively quiet, occasionally communicating with brief cries. A scream can indicate aggression or protest, while a small, descending whimper suggests competition over food resources.

10. Aye-ayes are well adapted for life in the trees of the Madagascan rainforest and build nests high up in the branches to sleep in but also spend time on the ground. They are solitary animals and their elusive nature makes it difficult for population estimates, although they are believed to be in decline.

11. The Aye Aye prefers dense, tropical and coastal rainforest where there is plenty of cover but they are also known to inhabit secondary forest, bamboo thickets, mangroves and even coconut groves along the eastern coast of Madagascar.

12. Aye aye, captain'' is a form of ''aye aye, sir'' and is used in the U.S. Navy to show that the person who says it will follow an order that has been given and will follow it before doing anything else.











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