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Strange, Super-Rare Aye-Aye to be Wiped Out by Criminal Butchers
treehugger ^
| 09.18.09
| Brian Merchant
Posted on 09/19/2009 11:11:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The bizarre, wondrous creature known as the aye-aye is a rare resident of Madagascar, a nation with among the greatest biodiversity in the world. There are countless animals there that simply can't be found anywhere else on the planet. Unfortunately, a recent military coup overthrew Madagascar's government, and ever since, criminals have been plundering and butchering the country's wildlife at a disastrous rate.
As for the aye-aye, which naturalist Stephen Fry says looks like someone tried to "turn a bat into a cat," but I think looks more like a teddy bear mixed with a mad scientist--it stands to be wiped out by this illicit trade.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ayeaye
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To: JoeProBono
I’m having an estrogen attack right now.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:12:59 AM PDT
by
Julia H.
(Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
To: JoeProBono
Madagascar? Africans like Obama wiping out the wildlife in Africa. Mugabe did this in Zimbabwe. His thugs killed and stole from whites and killed elephants and other wildlife indiscriminately. Poor animals.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:14:16 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Do we want ACORN running America's healthcare?)
To: All
Not to worry — something will evolve to take its place.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:16:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Brave amateurs....they do their part.)
To: Julia H.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:16:55 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Frantzie
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:18:24 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: BenLurkin
Probably not. They’ll strip their land clean of any ability to produce food, and then sit in the sand posing for the cameras to get humanitarian aid.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:18:35 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Question O-thority!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:27:12 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Bryanw92
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:28:43 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
The aye-aye has been in trouble for quite a while. Superstitious Malagasy (of which, apparently, there are many) believe the aye-aye to be an omen of bad luck. Some consider it evil, even, and will kill one if they encounter it.
Yes, things are not looking good for the aye-aye...
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:32:40 AM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:34:40 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That thing looks too ugly to allow it to exist!
Certainly doesn’t look edible or wearable, it must be useless.
More power to the butchers!
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:36:18 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: dalereed
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:37:33 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Julia H.
I’m having an estrogen attack right now.LOL! Take d-e-e-p breaths and go look at some pics of James Carville, this will cure it quick!
Frozen!
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:39:03 AM PDT
by
sirchtruth
(Gravity Of The Situation...)
To: JoeProBono
They're the cutes little lemurs.
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:45:55 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income. Fire the government)
To: JoeProBono
Who's this?
Glenn Beck as a kid?
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:49:01 AM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income. Fire the government)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
09/19/2009 11:51:14 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: sirchtruth
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posted on
09/19/2009 12:01:16 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Bryanw92
Because they keep churning out babies, despite the fact that they can’t even provide a decent standard of living for the ones they already have. We shouldn’t be sending any aid to these countries except contraceptives. Slow their population growth down enough that they can start figuring out how to raise their own standard of living.
To: JoeProBono
"Aye-Aye!"Isn't it "National Talk like a Pirate Day"?
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posted on
09/19/2009 12:03:57 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
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