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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; Daffynition

41 posted on 09/19/2009 1:51:00 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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42 posted on 09/19/2009 2:25:15 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Poor aye-aye. Anorexia nervosa has set in.


43 posted on 09/19/2009 3:49:46 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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To: 353FMG
It’s a Muslim country — what do you expect?

Madagascar is 7% Muslim, 40% Christian and the rest "pagan."

It also is not really African. The majority of the population, including the dominant ethnies, came from what is now Indonesia 1500 to 2000 years ago.

44 posted on 09/19/2009 4:04:33 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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45 posted on 09/19/2009 4:43:07 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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