Diet and Prey The aye-aye is an omnivorous animal that feeds on both other animals and plant matter, moving about high up in the trees and under the cover of night. Males are known to cover distances of up to 4km a night in their search for food, feeding on a variety of fruits, ...
-aye taps on trees with its long middle finger and listens for wood-boring insect larvae moving under the bark. It employs the same middle finger to fish them out. The digit is also useful for scooping the flesh out of coconuts and other fruits that supplement the animal's insect diet....
The diet is typically mixed, but the relative proportions of plant and animal foods vary widely and, as in other groups of animals, smaller primates tend to eat more animal matter and larger primates more plant matter. The aye-aye gains access to fruit flesh and insect larvae using a ...
Worms inside dead wood form the largest part Of the aye-aye diet.The aye-aye also feeds on fruit, eggs, and bamboo shoots.The front feet of the aye-aye are unique. All the toes are long and thin, but the third is exceptionally long. The aye-aye taps on the tree trunk and listens...
The aye-aye,in the same family as people,monkeys and apes,is about 40cm long,with a bushy tale about the same length as the body.The dark brown fur is long and woolly,giving the animal a rather shaggy(蓬松的) appearance.They are found only on Madagascar,an island off the coast of ...
Aye-ayes are listed as an endangered species, threatened by deforestation as well as locals killing the animal, as they believe the primate can cause misfortune. Sounds produced by aye-ayes include eerie screeches, hisses and the noise ‘hai-hai’; and it is thought that the mammal is name...
Crouching on a tree branch, a hairy animal that looks like a cross between a raccoon and a rat lifts a long finger and taps on the trunk. It’s not politely knocking to see who’s home. Instead it’s trying to locate hollow spots beneath the bark where i
and mangoes may also be consumed. Aye-ayes use their specialized third digit to pierce the outer skin of fruits and scoop out the contents. Wood boring or insect larvae make up another important component of the aye-aye diet. The aye-aye apperently listens carefully for the sound of larva...
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The animal life and vegetation of the island are equally anomalous, differing greatly from that of nearby Africa and being in many respects unique. Although the coastlands have been known to Europeans for more than 400 years and to Arabs for much longer, recent historical development has been ...