Sunday, March 28, 2010

Spooky creature endangered by superstition

Image: Aye-aye

The small, perfectly harmless aye-aye is often killed on sight

Some of the locals in Madagascar believe the aye-aye uses its long middle finger to pierce the hearts of sleeping humans, but it actually is used to harvest insect larvae.

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