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Aye-Aye

Aye-Aye. The nocturnal tree primate By Janet Raguso. Night for an Aye-Aye. Aye-Ayes are most active at night. During 80% of the night they are traveling in the upper canopy. Sometimes males travel 2-4 km in one night! (Aye-ayes on right.). Mealtime for an Aye-Aye.

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Aye-Aye

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  1. Aye-Aye The nocturnal tree primate By Janet Raguso

  2. Night for an Aye-Aye Aye-Ayes are most active at night. During 80% of the night they are traveling in the upper canopy. Sometimes males travel 2-4 km in one night! (Aye-ayes on right.)

  3. Mealtime for an Aye-Aye Aye-Ayes are omnivores. Aye-Ayes eat nuts, fruits, nectar, seeds, and fungi. To be more specific lychee nuts and mangoes too. But mostly wood-boring grubs. (Lychee nuts on top left. Grub on bottom left.) )

  4. Size of an Aye-Aye Aye-Ayes, like humans, range in size. The head and body are about 12-15in.(30-37cm). The tail is about 17-21in. (44-53cm) long. Their weight is 4.4-6.6lb (2-3kg).

  5. Home, Sweet, Home Aye-Ayes’ home areas are very large. And interestingly enough it is different for male aye-ayes and female aye-ayes! The female Aye-Ayes’ home areas range from 75-150 acres and male Aye-Ayes’ home areas range from 250-500 acres.

  6. Basic Living In the Madagascar forests in a tangle of branches or vines they have made a nest out of interwoven dead leaves and twigs.

  7. A Video about Madagascar Click it!

  8. Names Did you know there are other names for the Aye-Aye? Here they are: • Ahay • Aiay • Fingertier • Hay-hay

  9. The End Thank you for watching

  10. Bibliography “Animal Info – Endangered Animals” Animal Info – Aye-Aye Enhancement, March 7, 2005, November 2nd 2009 I got my pictures from: tinypic.com, recipetips.com, deviantart.net, www.geos.ed.ac.uk, open.live.bbc.co.uk, www.garyolsen.com, flickr.com, streaming.discoveryeducation.com,www.arkive.org

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