Baby aye-aye Kintana from Bristol Zoo, pt. 2

Feeding the baby aye-aye.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• lemur
• aye-aye
• kintana
• baby
• primate
• wildlife
• endangered

[osucomputer]

So I have personally done some research on this fascinating creature and oddly enough, superstitions are the main killer of this primate. In many cultures, people believe that if an Aye-aye points his second digit at you, it will give you a miserable death. Also, some believe that the Aye-aye use their second digit to pierce the aorta of their unsuspecting human victims, particularly children. Many people of other cultures kill Aye-ayes to bring good luck and prosperity to their family.

[AxmxZ]

Yep. :(

[RuinerxxSINCITY]

While upon first glance the little guy might appear strange, after your eyes settle you start to look at his little imperfections and realize it seems extremely sweet. From all the videos I have seen these guys seem very docile and I can't imagine why anyone would want to harm these sweet creatures.

[AxmxZ]

They really are quite darling.

[RuinerxxSINCITY]

They certainly seem like it and they also seem to be adorably curious.:)I wonder if their curiosity is something that makes them more vulnerable to being seen,caught, and harmed by people with ridiculous superstitions? I sincerely hope that Aye Ayes are able to rebuild their populations. It's horrible to learn the reasons of their endangered status. Thank you for posting this and hopefully it helps some people realize these little guys are harmless.

[AxmxZ]

Yeah, they are extremely vulnerable and trusting. They'll come down from the tree, poke you in the ear, climb all over you... darling if you're a scientist studying them, quite dangerous otherwise.

[mastud]

A most wonderful creature.

[jeremyshambles]

what a brilliant lil' lad, this is probably the most fascinating mammal ive ever seen, thanks for uploading, I love the wildlife of madagascar as well as all the animals on our planet, cheers

[nueveymierda]

qué cosita más linda! 

[P1A2C3D4J5]

Q LINDURA YO KIERO UNO JAJA

[dakotagerman1]

@osucomputer

These are primitive, superstitious savages who are headhunters and cannibals. I don't put much truck in what they say.

[MehAlejandro]

so cutee........

[TooTriggerHappi]

OMG its a gremlin!

[Juhsthavingfun]

I just came across this on a top ten ugliest baby animal list. He was #2. I can't see how anyone could call him ugly. He's absolutely adorable.

[Condom007of007Solace]

Aye-Aye : "aye...aye...aye...aye...aye..­.aye...aye...aye... Me Plus You... Ima Tell You One Tiiime!!" XD jokes i hate Justin Bieber

[Mezame9]

Aye-Aye lemurs are my favourite land animal.

They're so unusual and different. They had scientists stumped for years.

[kawaiikamali]

Oh my gosh this little thing is sooo cute! I don't care what anyone else says aye-ayes are really adorable in my eyes. Sure it's -partly- because they're a little funny-looking, (you know, so funny it's cute) but they're also cute simply because they're cute, if that makes sense. I also love their mannerisms and the way they use they're specially elongated middle finger (look it up, Animal Planet's show "The Most Extreme" captured a really cute aye-aye moment talking about how they use it)

[ichigo871]

this is soo disturbing O.o i seen that animal before is nocturn......it's like a mix of a lot of animal i mean thats how it looks like but yeah