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  • Here we will explore true facts about the aye aye

  • much like the pug the aye aye walks the delicate tightrope between radically

  • ugly and cute is as hell the aye aye resembles a cat who was beaten by a

  • vampire and then halfway through the transformation just said screw it

  • to give you a sense of its size here isn aye aye pictured next was slightly smaller

  • Aye Aye. For long time scientists thought the aye aye was a rodent because

  • of its rodent like from teeth that never stop growing and must constantly be worn

  • down

  • however now what is known that the aye aye is a highly specialized lemur

  • and trust lemurs were not too thrilled by that news

  • the aye aye's most amazing adaptation is it's freakishly long lengthy and middle

  • finger

  • likely human shoulder this finger has a ball and socket joint

  • and can rotate almost three hundred and sixty degrees around the hand

  • it is packed with sensory neurons and because of the energy consumes it is

  • only warmed up when use. this is because like the woodpecker the aye aye is

  • percussive hunter

  • to find grubs they tap on trunks and branches of trees up to eight times per

  • second with their creepy finger

  • which is probably annoying as hell

  • like those people who put their cereal bowls-- learn how to use a spoon

  • it's not an instrument as they tap they listen to the echo and feel the

  • vibrations to find hallow grub filled chambers

  • when they find they used their teeth to open a hole in the tree and use their

  • middle fingers sort of uh... grub dipstick

  • very dainty...eating

  • terrifying for the grub by the way

  • you can imagine all grubs scary stories begin with "there was a knock at the door"

  • I know what your thinking sicko but no no that's not an aye aye

  • peepee

  • that is and an aye aye "t-t" because the aye aye's nipples are inguinal meaning that

  • they're located on the lower stomach

  • sort of groin area

  • this is why the aye aye does not wear pants

  • don't judge

  • you try pulling a pair of pants up to your nipples and taking a job through the

  • forest

  • that's a recipe for chafing

  • just be glad your nipples migrated north with a stop before they got their chin

  • try wearing a bicycle helmet then. Like most mammals the aye aye follows the rule

  • of one-half

  • meaning that it's litter sizes on average one half the number of its

  • nipples with two nipples the aye aye has baby at a time

  • just like my mother always used to say

  • find a girl with twelve nipples son. Sadly the aye aye is threatened due

  • to a local superstition

  • That if it points it's middle finger at you you have to kill it, which is very

  • similar to the customs of the north american fraternity party

  • remember this

  • if someone gives you the finger

  • they might just be hungry

  • or they're a total ass

  • hooooll

Here we will explore true facts about the aye aye

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