HOT or NOT?

[Ross]

Can anyone tell me what this thing is?

 

[Woodbutcher]

Ugly critter ! Is it some sort of bat ?

 

[Woodbutcher]

Hang on ... they dont have eyes do they !?

 

[Ross]

That's what I first thought too. I have no idea what it is. That's why I'm hoping someone here will know.

 

[Eva]

Whatever it is, I feel sorry for that creature...looks like had a high voltage electric shock

 

[Karlynn]

Where did you find it? I'm guessing it's Photoshopped.

 

[DebbyA]

Maybe one of these--with mange?
http://www.primates.com/lemurs/ringtailed.html

 

[ShezaGirlie]

It's an aye-aye. Cute little critter..

 

[njean]

Poor feller.....has a face ONLY a mom could love!!!

 

[Ross]

It's an aye-aye. Cute little critter..

Thank you! Wonder if it has a twin I could date?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye-aye

Superstition and public controversy
The Aye-aye is an endangered species not only because its habitat is being destroyed, but also due to native superstition. Besides being a general nuisance in villages, ancient Malagasy legend said that the Aye-aye was a symbol of death. It is viewed as a good omen in some areas, however, but these areas are a minority.

Researchers in Madagascar report remarkable fearlessness in the Aye-aye; some accounts tell of individual animals strolling nonchalantly in village streets or even walking right up to naturalists in the rainforest and sniffing their shoes. Therefore, it is no wonder that displaced animals often raid coconut plantations or steal food in villages. It is not unlike the Common Raccoon in this regard.

However, public contempt goes beyond this. The Aye-aye is often viewed as a harbinger of evil and killed on sight. Others believe that should one point its long middle finger at you, you were condemned to death. Some say the appearance of an Aye-aye in a village predicts the death of a villager, and the only way to prevent this is to kill the Aye-aye. The Sakalava people go so far as to claim Aye-ayes sneak into houses through the thatched roofs and murder the sleeping occupants by using their middle finger to puncture the victim's aorta.[6]

Incidents of Aye-aye killings increase every year as its forest habitats are destroyed and it is forced to raid plantations and villages. Because of the superstition surrounding it, this often ends in death. Fortunately, the superstition can prevent people from hunting them for food.

 

[Curtsmum]

Hang on ... they dont have eyes do they !?

As far as i know bats have eyes, maybe its a deformed flying fox/fruit bat??? its kind of cute whatever it is.

 

[CThrock]

Its got less hair then Cooker but the same kind of style!!
LOL Cooker.
You sure its not related to the chimp family!!

 

[Lynlw]

I didn't know what it is, but here are some more pics. it is cute in an ugly sorta way http://www.arkive.org/aye-aye/daubentonia-madagascariensis/image-G6489.html

 

[geckley]

Aye Aye. you got that wrong. It's a "I I I I need another cup of coffee!!!!!" NOW

 

[Bina]

I like snakes, I like frogs, I like worms, I like newts.....but that little dude is too creepy!

 

[Bina]

Here's a friend for Ross's new pet:

 

[Bina]

Hubby says it is a baby Yoda........

 

[Freddie]

I thought it look like a baby Gremlin.

 

[Karlynn]

Sure looked photoshopped to me!

 

[Duff Man]

Can anyone tell me what this thing is?