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#throwbackthursday This aye-aye was shot by a local village in Madagascar. Aye-ayes are seen as bad omens and signs of appending death. They are killed to “protect” the village. After surgery to remove the two projectiles near her spine, this aye-aye made a full recovery! This incident stresses the importance of our education efforts in local villages to show the unique beauty of this highly endangered lemur, before they are all gone.
In contrast to the indri, the nocturnal aye-aye is considered an evil spirit and symbol of misfortune. An aye-aye in the village foretells death. A man who the aye-aye points at with its bony middle finger (used for digging grubs out of crevices) is doomed. Aye-ayes are even reputed to creep into homes at night and use those middle fingers to sever the aorta of sleeping humans. The sad result of this is that aye-ayes are often killed on sight, their bodies hung as a warning to other “evil spirits”.
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Aye Aye
By Tom Mathieson, Designer and Animator, Manchester
Lemurs have adapted to their environment creating some pretty unique organisms, like the Aye Aye.
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