VERY INTERESTING NUMBER 32: AYE-AYE

 Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about

AYE-AYE

5 Interesting Facts About Aye-Ayes | Hayden's Animal Facts

  • Aye-aye is a small animal that can reach 14 to 17 inches in length and weight of up to 4 pounds. Its tail is longer than its body, reaching up to 24 inches in length.
  • Aye-aye is a type of lemur, although it looks like a mixture of several different animals. It has incisors like rodent, claws like sloth, face like weasel and body like monkey.
  • Body of aye-aye is covered with brown coat with few white hairs. It has large eyes and large, sensitive ears.
  • Aye-aye is nocturnal (active at night) animal, that spends most of its life high in the treetops.
  • Aye-aye eats insect larva, nectar, seed, fruit and fungi.
  • It has specifically designed middle finger which is used for extraction of food from trunks, braches and hard shells. This finger is very thin (looks like it is made of skin and bones) and it can be three times longer than other fingers.

Written by the Caribbean Princess and as always have a chilled day from the Viking


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