{"id":37,"date":"2026-10-31T03:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalswilds.live\/?p=37"},"modified":"2026-10-31T03:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T03:39:02","slug":"aye-aye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalswilds.live\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Aye-Aye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<header class=\"Article__Header\">\n<div class=\"Article__Headline\">\n<p class=\"Article__Headline__Desc\">Crouching on a tree branch, a hairy animal that looks like a cross between a raccoon and a rat lifts a long finger and taps on the trunk. It\u2019s not politely knocking to see who\u2019s home. Instead it\u2019s trying to locate hollow spots beneath the bark where insects live. (It can tell that it\u2019s found a cavity by the sound of the tapping.) Once it detects a hollow, the animal rips away the bark with its teeth and gobbles up the bugs. This curious creature is known as an aye-aye.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article__Headeer__Interactives\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Article__Header__Meta Article__Header__Meta--spacing-bottom Article__Header__Meta--noShare\">\n<section class=\"Byline flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"Byline__Content\">\n<div class=\"Byline__Group\" aria-label=\"By Andrea Silen\"><span class=\"Byline__ByCopy\" aria-hidden=\"true\">By<\/span><span class=\"Byline__AuthorRow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"Byline__AuthorContainer\"><span class=\"Byline__Author \">Andrea Silen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"Article__Content\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"FastFacts\">\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts\">\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Common Name:Aye-ayes<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Scientific Name:Daubentonia madagascariensis<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Type:Mammals<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Diet:Omnivore<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Average Life Span In The Wild:20 years<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Size:Head and body: 14 to 17 inches; tail: 22 to 24 inches<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__Data\">Weight:4 pounds<\/div>\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__ContainerImage\">\n<div class=\"FastFacts__TopFacts__ContainerImage__AnimalImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent FastFacts__TopFacts__ContainerImage__AnimalImage__Image\">\n<div class=\"RatioFrame aspect-ratio--auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper Image__Wrapper--relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.natgeofe.com\/k\/19afec20-c5c8-4136-b306-48d11d7f9446\/PHOTO-3-AYE-AYE-FULL_square.jpg?wp=1&amp;w=178.15999221801758&amp;h=178.15999221801758\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"InsertedAd\" data-bumper-index=\"1\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-article_dynamic\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ResponsiveWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Article__Footer\">\n<div class=\"Article__Footer--items flex flex-wrap flex-no-wrap items-center justify-between\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"StoryDivider StoryDivider--noLogo\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crouching on a tree branch, a hairy animal that looks like a cross between a raccoon and a rat lifts a long finger and taps on the trunk. 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