The Aye-Aye

This strange little creature is called the aye-aye, or Daubentonia madagascariensis. Although the aye-aye looks like something from an alien movie, it is actually a primate, related to apes, chimpanzees and humans. The aye-aye lives solely on the island of Madagascar. It's diet consists of fruit, nectar, seeds, insect larvae, nuts and more. Aye-aye's use their long, flexible fingers to dig out their food.  The aye-aye is nocturnal, and lives in rain forest trees, very rarely coming down to the ground. They are considered a bad omen to the natives of Madagascar, and because of that are killed on sight. That, plus habitat destruction, have caused the aye-aye to become critically endangered. They are now protected by law.