The Newest, Cutest Baby Animals from the World's Zoos & Aquariums

Category: Aye-aye

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    Aye-aye's are primitive primates native only to Madagascar like their lemur cousins. Highly endangered, the Denver Zoo's new baby aye-aye is only the second ever born in North America and the first conceived in North America.

    Aye aye on back

    Baby aye aye crawling

    Photo credits: Dave Parsons, The Denver Zoo

    This video is definitely worth watching

    The world's largest nocturnal primate, the aye-aye's strange looks and habits have led local villagers to consider them bad omens and kill them on site. However, aye-aye's are gentle creatures that use their long fingers to extract ants, termites and other insects out of holes in trees.

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