Aye-aye

Aye -aye

               Daubentonia madagascariensis also known as Aye-aye and commonly found in wide variety of environments including primary and secondary rainforest, deciduous forest, cultivated plantations, and occasionally dry scrub forest and mangrove forest. They spend most of their time in the upper two levels of the canopy. The accurate mass weight for this Aye-aye is 2570 to 2615 g and length around 360 to 440 mm.The unusual  about this animal is they can mating cycle females typically mate with more than one male, representing a multi-male, multi-female mating system. The lifespan for this creature is 23.3 years.

Baby Aye-aye

          I think I love this animal because this animal are one of  the main character in Madagascar cartoon. I do really happy to know this animal are really exist and I love to look for this animals. Baby aye-aye must be so cute because its look alike a baby monkey but they are different. According to  Elizabeth Boucher Aye –Aye have a head-body length from 360 to 440 mm and a long bushy tail. The coat is long, coarse, and either dark brown or black in color, with scattered white guard hairs. The face and throat are pale gray and facial features include yellow-orange or sandy brown eyes surrounded by dark markings, large triangular ears, a short snout, and a pink nose. There is no significant sexual dimorphism between males and females”.

Aye-aye skeleton hand

            The irony about Aye-aye is have have highly specialized digits. The third digit of the hand is slender(moving and bending with ease), elongated(synonyms to stretched), and flexible(able to flex:able to bend easily), and is especially important in feeding behaviors. The Aye –aye spent their time to sleep in daytime and only come out during the half an hour before sunset and continues to 3 hours after sunset and male are more active than female. Their habit is clinging upside down on branches  so they  can rest vertically or horizontally. They are carnivore type of food chain and they love to eat leaves seeds, grains, and nuts fruit nectar, sap or other plant fluids.Vividly this animals are easy to take as a pets and they are adorable too. 

cute little Aye-aye habit