'You've got to love an aye-aye' - The world’s largest nocturnal primate has moved into a brand-new habitat at DublinZoo.
The world’s largest nocturnal primate has moved into a brand-new habitat at Dublin Zoo.
Local legend in the aye-aye’s home country of Madagascar once said that, if the lemur points at you with its middle finger, you are marked for impending death – with killing the defenceless animal the only way to protect yourself.As a result, the lemurs were often killed on sight are now endangered and protected by law.this morning, Dublin Zoo Director Dr Christoph Schwitzer said he was delighted to welcome the aye-aye to Dublin.
“Then they have very sharp teeth that they use to actually gnaw a hole in the bark and then they use the elongated finger to pull out the grub from the tree and eat it.”He said the animals use their fingers to pull the flesh from coconuts at feeding time in the zoo.
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