You may already pride yourself on being a fan of all things monkey, but wait until you meet this endangered little bud of the family tree. The Aye-aye breaks hearts throughout its homeland of Madagascar with huge fiery orange eyes. It is also know to break many a coconut shell and tree trunk with its extra long, pointy-clawed middle finger, used for fishing out delicious larvae and the like. Eeeeek!
Looking at this itty bitty beast, you might swing either way on its law protected status. It's declining numbers are actually due to the native Madagascan-ians believing it to be an omen of ill luck and death (Oh noes!!), prescribing deadness on sight.
Personally, I happen to think that it wins just for having a puffy tail that's larger than its body. Huge success.
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