World’s largest nocturnal primate is also very bizarre. Right from its appearance to its feeding habits. Aye-Aye is one of the ugliest animals. Their pointed face with large eyes, a pink nose, rodent-like teeth and bushy tail give a very frightening sight, While its body grows a foot long, the tail also grows up to the same length. Aye-Aye have long fingers, the third finger being the longest and thinnest, which is mostly used for feeding purpose as it drills the hole in the tree, just like rodents, Aye–Aye’s teeth grow throughout its life.
The species can grow upto 14 to 17 inches in length and weighs approximately 4 pounds. Talking about the appearance, tail of aye aye is longer than the body and can reach upto 24 inches in length. A type of lemur, however, it is a mixture of few animals that includes claws like sloth and body like a monkey. The body is covered with a brown coat with few white hairs and large ears. They love to spend most of the time high in the treetops and most active in the night. It loves to eat insect larva, nectar, seed, fruit and fungi. The average lifespan of the animal is approximately 20 to 23 years in captivity, however, in the wild it is unknown.
The aye-aye lives primarily on the east coast of Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rainforest or deciduous forest, but many live in cultivated areas due to deforestation. Rainforest aye-ayes, the most common, dwell in canopy areas, and are usually sighted above 70 meters altitude. They sleep during the day in nests built in the forks of trees.