Can anyone recognise this breed of animal for me?

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http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/Juror8/weirdanimal.jpg

Yeah, we don't have "I Love Zoology", so humour me.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Yikes!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

The happy result of the marriage of Albert Einstein and Gollum.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

marmoset?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

aye-aye!

― and --, Monday, 13 February 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/327.shtml

― andy --, Monday, 13 February 2006 23:21 (twenty years ago)

You're a fucking star Andy.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:23 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's definitely an aye-aye:

http://www.jwz.org/images/capt.lon11904142236.britain_aye_aye_lon119.jpg

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:23 (twenty years ago)

http://www.wordsmithery.com/images/d_skeksis.jpg

― andy --, Monday, 13 February 2006 23:24 (twenty years ago)

Are they the most pathetic-looking primates or what?

http://www.messengermods.com/data/media/4/Aye-Aye.jpg

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I was just reading about aye-ayes for work last week.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:27 (twenty years ago)

"Conservation status: Aye-ayes are classified as Endangered by the 2000 IUCN Red List. They are thought to be the most endangered of all mammals in Madagascar. Locals believe that they are a bad omen, and often kill them..."

that's so sad! They're lowly, nocturnal, ugly... leave the poor devils alone.

― andy --, Monday, 13 February 2006 23:31 (twenty years ago)

http://primatecenter.duke.edu/animals/ayeaye/

Due to its bizarre appearance and unusual feeding habits, it is considered by many to be the strangest primate in the world. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate. Unusual physical characteristics include incisors that are continually growing (unique among primates), extremely large ears, and a middle finger which is skeletal in appearance, and is used by the animal as a primary sensory organ.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:35 (twenty years ago)

i haven't met an aye-aye i didnt like

BUT they are ugly.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

Wild aye-ayes spend most of their lives alone. The only social interactions occur during courtship and when an infant is dependent on its mother. During these interactions, females are considered to be dominant over males, giving them preferential access to food. (Female dominance in primates is unique to prosimians.) In captivity, however, a male/female pair and their single infant might coexist peacefully for years.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Once considered one of the most endangered mammals in the world, the aye-aye has in recent years been shown to be much more widely distributed than originally thought. This is due to the fact that recent years have seen an influx of researchers into Madagascar, including those specifically looking for this rare and elusive animal. Current findings indicate that the aye-aye is sparsely distributed along the east coast and in the northwestern forests of Madagascar.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:39 (twenty years ago)

I'm going to donate some cash for the poor aye-ayes, if possible.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:39 (twenty years ago)

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6983/sumatranratmonkey1ug.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Turns out you can actually adopt an aye-aye, but it's a bit too pricey for me.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:42 (twenty years ago)

don't waste your money

they lead a miserable existence. they'd sooner scratch off their own eyeballs (with that weird finger) than accept charity. trust me, it's for their own good.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:44 (twenty years ago)

B-b-but that stare! Don't you feel a quiver in your heart under the wistful eyes of an aye-aye?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

It's like all signs point to extinction with these guys. Ugly, considered a bad omen, most sensitive in middle finger (wtf?), loners, etc. Aye-aye, if only you could grow some more hair! Try harder.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:47 (twenty years ago)

tuomas, you are PROJECTING - the aye-aye is a MISERABLE CREATURE that prefers to be misunderstood and alone!!!

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:48 (twenty years ago)

http://home.tiscali.nl/remindcreations.com/gremlin.jpg

― andy --, Monday, 13 February 2006 23:50 (twenty years ago)

That's just the image it wants to portray: "Go ahead, let me die of extinction! Existence is painful anyway!", but can't you see? Inside it's it's crying, even if it's ugly eyes can't do that.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Mein gott, it's somewhere between a naked mole rat and a fruit fly.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Maybe in the daylight it is more like this:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/images/s1gremlinshat.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:58 (twenty years ago)

(because i can't believe THAT exists either.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Monday, 13 February 2006 23:59 (twenty years ago)

Gizmo is sort of a proto-Furby.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:02 (twenty years ago)

no clue but I WANT ONE!

― clodia pulchra (emo by proxy), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:03 (twenty years ago)

In finding that image I also found someone's short essay about Gremlins and 1980's fear of "global capitalism." Kind of interesting really.

Furbys = ick.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

http://www.primates.com/lemurs/aye.jpg

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

It looks bewildered.

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

It is so not hard to imagine why they'd be considered evil omens. If you were walking around at night and one of those little suckers came all shiny-eyed out of a tree and pointed that finger at you? I mean, geez.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:29 (twenty years ago)

hahahaha! that finger!

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 00:31 (twenty years ago)

we dont know where it's been!

― my name is latebloomer, please take my hand (latebloomer), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:03 (twenty years ago)

Are they called aye-ayes because someone looked at one and went "aye-yi!" in fright?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:18 (twenty years ago)

http://tahitidavid.free.fr/images/bumblebee.gif
(sorry, but it was on the FAT BEES thread! I couldn't help it!)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

Looks like the aye aye drinks too much coffee.

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:31 (twenty years ago)

You people. Huh.

Aye-aye, captain...

― emil.y (emil.y), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.protoncharging.com/ghostbusters/images/NECA_extratoysBIG.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0596100299.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
(Okay, I think it's a tarsir but this book has been across from me at work all week and is getting a little freaky)

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

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