Aye-aye - (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Aye-aye is found only on the island of Madagascar. This endangered species is not like primates at first glance, but actually they are very closely related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans.

Aye-aye is a mammal or mammals, omnivore prey status or eater of everything, the life span in captivity average of 20 years. The size of these animals, their length ranging from the head to the rear of the body is 14 to 17 inches (36-43 cm), tail length from 22 to 24 inches (56-61 cm) and weighing about 4 lbs (2 kg). Their protection status is now threatened.

Do you know? Aye-aye is the only primate that uses reflected sound to be able to locate their prey.

Aye-aye dark brown or black with a bushy tail that is larger than their own bodies. They also have large eyes, slender fingers and big ears are very sensitive. Aye-aye has claws on all the fingers and toes except the thumb of their large feet, which allows them to swinging and hanging from branch to branch.

These animals spend their lives in the trees and avoid rain forest down to the ground. They are active at night and spends his days languishing in a ball nest made of leaves and branches. They make nests like a closed circle with only one hole and is located on stalks big trees.

When they perched high in the tree, they scratched wood with a long middle finger and listen to the sounds of insects that move under the bark. They rely on the middle finger to get prey. Middle finger tool is also useful for scooping coconuts and other fruits are also a pet food insects.

Many native people of Madagascar who think that animals aye-aye is a sign of bad luck. For this reason they often had been killed. Besides hunting habitat destruction also occurred that led to the aye-aye is now threatened with extinction from the face of the earth. The aye-aye is currently protected by law to save the remnants of those who remained alive.