Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Aye aye


Aye! Aye! is right! These fellas are ugly! But don't let their looks fool you. They have great personalities! Even though they have really long skinny fingers that they tick tack against the wood on trees. Oh, and how can I forget after they tick tack on the trees they eat! :D Let me explain this. So the reason that they tap their long skinny middle finger against a tree is because they are searching for food(Like caterpillars that live in the trees). I guess when they come across a different sounding spot on the tree they know that something is in there. Which they must have really good hearing to be able to do that! They then use their teeth to dig into the tree. After that they use their skinniest finger to reach into the tree and take the caterpillar (or the other insects that live in the trees) out so that they can eat it! A caterpillar is a treat! Usually they eat the following: nuts from trees, nectar, fruit, and eggs from other animals. Here is my drawing of an Aye aye: 













Here are some really funny pictures I found of them. Some of the pictures are cute...:D To me the Aye aye sort of looks like a Harry Potter monster!:D After the pictures of them there is a video of one of them eating! Check it out it's a great video! 


















Here is the video: 

4 comments:

Ted Slampyak said...

Wow! That's one odd-looking creature, Coco! Thanks for telling me about him. And thanks for the great drawing!

chilejack said...

Great write-up Coco. And I really like your drawing! He looks like he just got shocked. That caterpillar sure looks yummy in the video.

Jennifer K. said...

That drawing is so hilarious! And a really good write-up. Nice job. I love your blog. Granddad says the kittens you drew look startled!

Coco said...

Ha ha! It looked startled?! That's great!!