| 单词 | aye-aye |
| 例句 | The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff explains what kind of animal an aye-aye is and how much gravy the boot of a Mini Cooper Convertible can hold, amongst other weird and wonderful facts. Comedy books win Blue Peter awards 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z For example, the aye-aye, a mammal native to Madagascar, has evolved to have an extra long middle finger, which it can use to dig grubs out of trees. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z An aye-aye—a type of lemur—was spotted on camera “digging for gold.” 6 Weird and Wild Animal Behaviors Revealed in 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But if there’s a champion nose-picker, it’s got to be the aye-aye. This Lemur’s Creepily Long Finger Is Perfect for Nose-Picking 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z It wasn't just any lemur; an aye-aye was filmed by Prof Anne-Claire Fabre from the University of Bern burying its elongated finger in its nostril. Nose-picking primates spark scientific quest 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Certain primates like the aye-aye lemur have an extra thumb-like digit as well. Fossil Helps Scientists Get a Handle on Panda Thumbs 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But they identified the same or similar mutation as humans in just six species — mostly those with a diet high in fruit and nectar, including flying foxes and aye-aye lemurs. Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The aye-aye is one of nature's most fascinatingly bizarre creatures. New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Their major threats are forest degradation and fragmentation, slash-and-burn subsistence agriculture and local communities that believe the aye-aye is an evil omen and often kill them when they are near their villages. World Lemur Day – a photo essay by Bristol Zoological Society 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The aye-aye was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 1961, according to the World Wildlife Fund. 'Omen of evil' aye-ayes have weird 'pseudothumbs,' 'the craziest hand of any primate' 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Madagascar’s aye-aye lemur is an endearing aberration of an animal. Add ‘Pseudo Thumb’ to the Aye-Aye Lemur’s Bizarre Anatomy 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The anatomist had dissected hundreds of other primate limbs before he was able to dissect an aye-aye hand. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z My colleagues and I recently found yet another unique specialisation that sets the aye-aye apart from other primates: a sixth finger on each hand. New discovery: Madagascar’s bizarre aye-aye has six fingers on each hand 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z But an animal like the endangered aye-aye suffers in comparison. Most people avoid ugly animals. I'm obsessed with them | Sami Bayly 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a baby aye-aye known as Melisandre was born at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina. 'Omen of evil' aye-ayes have weird 'pseudothumbs,' 'the craziest hand of any primate' 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this article misattributed the source of a description about the visual capabilities of an aye-aye lemur. Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z A part of the muscle branched off to the aye-aye palm, below the thumb, and connected to a small nub of bone called the radial sesamoid, named after the tiny seed. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z And they think both fossils are ancient primates related to the aye-aye, a particularly strange looking lemur that is still alive today, but is on the brink of extinction. New perspective on how lemurs evolved 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z So does the endangered aye-aye, a large, nocturnal lemur with a witch-like middle finger that the animal uses to find insects. 6 Ghostly Animals Just in Time for Halloween 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z The aye-aye, also known as a long-fingered lemur, gets a bad rap for its strange appearance. 'Omen of evil' aye-ayes have weird 'pseudothumbs,' 'the craziest hand of any primate' 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Tigers, penguins and a lesser-known aye-aye baby were some of the animals counted by zookeepers at London Zoo's annual stock count. In pictures: London Zoo animals counted for stocktake - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The bone nub, in the aye-aye, moves in three directions. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “The aye-aye remains an endangered species not only because its habitat is being destroyed, but also due to native superstition,” the WWF notes. Mysterious, sudden deaths of four endangered lemurs shock and puzzle Duke researchers 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z They diversified into several forms — the leaping indri, diminutive mouse lemurs, ground-dwelling ring-tailed lemurs and nocturnal aye-aye. ‘Madagascar’ at the Bruce Museum Displays Rare Flora and Fauna 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Just at sunset the aye-aye crept from under his blanket, yawned, stretched and betook himself to his tree. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Last year saw four Humboldt penguin chicks hatched at Penguin Beach, and the zoo's first-ever aye-aye baby - a type of Lemur - arrived. In pictures: London Zoo animals counted for stocktake - BBC News 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The scientists who found the odd thumb suggested this digit evolved to compensate for the aye-aye hands’ extreme specialization. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “Still, none look and act quite like the aye-aye. In fact, this lemur is considered one of the world’s strangest animals altogether.” Mysterious, sudden deaths of four endangered lemurs shock and puzzle Duke researchers 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Then, using its rodent-like teeth, the aye-aye bores a hole in the bark and uses its long middle finger to fish them out. Ugly animals need love, too 2011-02-18T14:15:00.253Z Our aye-aye is no collector, but he has eyes, ears, and fingers too, that see, hear, and get larvæ that, when grown and changed into beetles, are the valued prizes of entomologists. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The aye-aye is a lemur, but it differs singularly from all its congeners, and still more from all apes. On the Genesis of Species Hartstone-Rose dissected aye-aye museum specimens and those that died of natural causes at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina, as well as a wild animal that died in Madagascar. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The aye-aye has a specially adapted finger for extracting insects from their hiding-places. The Last Harvest This curious combination of characters shows that the aye-aye is a very specialized form—that is, one whose organization has been slowly modified to fit it for a peculiar mode of life. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 It takes but a moment to draw it out; and if it be a pupa near the bark, so much the better for the aye-aye, so much the worse for the beetle or cossus. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Naturalists tell us that the Aye-aye is a small animal of Madagascar, with sharp teeth, long claws, and a tail; which eats whatever it can grab, and says nothing day or night but aye-aye. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 Aye-ayes and pandas converged on the same evolutionary trait through opposite paths: the hyper-specialization of the aye-aye hand and the loss of specialization in bear paws. Behold, the strangest six-fingered primates on the planet (also the only ones) 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He said: There is a little animal called an aye-aye. God and my Neighbour We may, therefore, consider that the aye-aye really occupies the same place in nature in the forests of this tropical island, as do the woodpeckers in other parts of the world. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 But he and Cassandra were absorbed in the aye-aye once more. Night and Day For example, a Christian wrote to me about an animal called the aye-aye. God and my Neighbour |
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