Talk:Aye-aye

Fairy tale witch?!

What is up with that? What does that mean?

Much like other primates, it possesses opposable thumbs, but both the hallux and the fingers are long and thin, and appear to be in a curved position somewhat similar to that of a fairy-tale witch when the muscles are relaxed.

brain 21:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Aye-Aye a species of Lemur?

there is no mention on the article about the Aye-Aye being a lemur.......even if it is only "thought" to be one (i.e. scientist's are debating about what it's related to)

Inconsistent capitalisation

The capitalisation of the name in this article is inconsistent. As the common name of an animal, shouldn't it always be spelt "aye-aye"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.205.104.56 (talk) 16:28, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

No. See the Primates WikiProject. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Reccomendation

I really like this page, how would I recommend it for article of the day? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt512 (talk • contribs) 09:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

echo location

Just saw on eggheads that aye-ayes are the only mamal to catch their prey using echo location. Can't see any info on this on the world wide web. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.155.196 (talk) 17:16, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like total nonsense. Bats and dolphins are both mammals and use echolocation to hunt.Sbwoodside (talk) 22:01, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Eggheads keeps erroneously attributing that to random mammals. Game shows tends to not be very encyclopedic.152.1.22.160 (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Uh. Naval terms?

Marines and sailors say "aye-aye" (or simply "aye") in acknowledgement of a given order. I was a bit surprised to find this article instead of a disambiguation page when I clicked on the link from List_of_U.S._Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions#A. -- Cuervo, not logged in 76.176.168.180 (talk) 03:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Maybe you should create a page for the saying, aye (yes) is a redirect to yes if you wanted to start there. Jack (talk) 11:53, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

endangered Aye Aye

According to most WEB data I found, there are about 1000 to 2000 Aye Ayes living today, so declaring the species as only "Near Threatened" seems to be inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.40.205 (talk) 15:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

In the past, the Aye-aye was considered more rare and was a poorly understood animal. More recently, it has been found in many places on the island, and is now considered one of the more widely distributed of the indigenous primate species. Its numbers are not high at any location and it's in the decline due to habitat degradation and loss. According to the IUCN (link found in the page's references):

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Listed as Near Threatened as although the species is now known to be widespread and adaptable, it is thought to have undergone a reduction of 20-25% over the past 24 years (assuming a generation length of 8 years) due primarily to a decline in area and quality of habitat and ongoing levels of exploitation/persecution. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2cd.

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Of course, we can only report how the IUCN assesses its status. They are the primary authority. –Visionholder (talk) 16:14, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Re-classification discussion

I am preparing to adjust the classification of this species per numerous sources. Please join the discussion on the WP:PRIMATE discussion page before I make any changes. –Visionholder (talk) 23:42, 25 August 2009 (UTC)