Aye-aye (UEB uncontracted)
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- Synopsis
- This page shows an image of a side view of an animal standing on a branch. The animal's head is in the top right of the page and a large bushy tail fills the left of the page. The branch goes diagonally from the centre right to the bottom centre of the page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. At the top of its head there are two large rounded ears. Down from these in the middle of its face are two large staring eyes. Down from them is a pink fleshy nose, and then two large rodent-like teeth. The fur of its face is paler than the rest of its body. Down from the face are its front legs. The arm in the right middle of the image (its left) grasps the branch it stands on. Only a clawed thumb is shown, the fingers are hidden on the other side of the branch. Down the page the other hand hangs limply down from the wrist. Note how the middle finger is exceptionally long and thin. The fingers all have very sharp claws. To the left of this is its left back foot. Only two toes are shown, the other toes are hidden on the other side of the branch. The lower big toe's claw is not shown as it is dug into the bark. The second toe has a sharp claw showing. To the left (its right), is the other back leg. It is bent sharply at the knee. In the bottom centre of the image the foot grips the branch with four toes with sharp claws. The big toe is not shown as it is hidden on the other side of the branch. A large bushy tail goes down and left from this leg. It then curves up and right to the top right of the image. The Aye-aye is a rare lemur and a primate. It uses its unusual long thin middle finger to tap a branch and it can then hear with its large ears if there is a grub hidden in the wood. If there is, it extracts it with the specially adapted middle finger for food. Its head and body is about 40 cm long and its tail is longer than its body.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 04/11/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- Animals
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Morton
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.