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WonderDookie — A is for Aye-aye

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Published: 2016-01-18 04:11:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1418; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 2
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Description I've decided to work on another ABCs of Under-Appreciated Animals.  I did something like this about five years ago, and had quite a lot of fun with it
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Comments: 22

becsketch [2016-02-25 01:36:23 +0000 UTC]

 I can never decide if an aye-aye is just an adorably crotchety critter, or a thinly veiled serial killer with those tapping fingers - it may be both. But, I think this guy is sensational!!

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WonderDookie In reply to becsketch [2016-03-06 18:27:37 +0000 UTC]

haha. Those tapping fingers do seem to be something from a horror movie don't they? The villain taps on all of the doors with his freakishly long fingers, searching for the occupied room.

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lylie-foak [2016-01-23 04:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Ooh I like this! Nice to see work from you again!

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WonderDookie In reply to lylie-foak [2016-01-23 05:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I am trying to pick some pretty silly animals for this series. The aye-aye was super fun to draw.

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Blrout [2016-01-20 02:07:30 +0000 UTC]

I freaking love aye ayes! This is great!!!

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WonderDookie In reply to Blrout [2016-01-20 04:36:21 +0000 UTC]

haha.Yeah! They are such awesome critters.

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Uranimated18 [2016-01-18 19:23:08 +0000 UTC]

Did you know aye-aye's use that long boney finger to fins food?

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WonderDookie In reply to Uranimated18 [2016-01-19 02:12:15 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed! They tap on the tree bark with the finger in the same way that a woodpecker taps on a tree and listens for scurrying insects. There are no woodpeckers in Madagascar, so the aye-aye has filled the same ecological niche.

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Uranimated18 In reply to WonderDookie [2016-01-19 02:55:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I saw that on Wild Kratts.

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WonderDookie In reply to Uranimated18 [2016-01-20 04:38:09 +0000 UTC]

haha. My niece is super into that show!

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Uranimated18 In reply to WonderDookie [2016-01-20 20:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Well she had good taste, I practically grew up watching the Kratt Brothers!

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Fergusthefiddler [2016-01-18 08:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Daubentonia madagascarensis. One of my favourite creeps of any time

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WonderDookie In reply to Fergusthefiddler [2016-01-19 02:13:43 +0000 UTC]

haha. Nice. I really wonder what that genus name, "Daubentonia" means. I tried to Google it, but had no luck.

Yeah. They are super creepy, but strangely adorable.

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Fergusthefiddler In reply to WonderDookie [2016-01-19 08:19:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. if my memory serves me well, the genus is related to the surname of the european guy who classified it for 1st time.

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WonderDookie In reply to Fergusthefiddler [2016-01-20 04:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Well that's not as much fun. I was hoping it would be latin for "Freaky Deaky"... or something along those lines.

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Fergusthefiddler In reply to WonderDookie [2016-01-20 08:20:43 +0000 UTC]

Aye, reality is quite often disappointly simple...

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WonderDookie In reply to Fergusthefiddler [2016-01-22 04:04:08 +0000 UTC]

It's a nightmare monster so nice, they named it twice.

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Fergusthefiddler In reply to WonderDookie [2016-01-22 08:40:39 +0000 UTC]

I see some scottish influence: Och, aye!

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RebellingLemming [2016-01-18 08:13:43 +0000 UTC]

Great art!

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WonderDookie In reply to RebellingLemming [2016-01-19 02:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much! Glad you dig it.

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storhammar [2016-01-18 07:36:34 +0000 UTC]

Creepy mofo!

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WonderDookie In reply to storhammar [2016-01-19 03:21:21 +0000 UTC]

haha. Yeah. Apparently the locals thought that the aye-ayes cursed people. 

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