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Please go to Tanja's site to sign up for her news letter and to recieve a free copy of this interview:

https://wildlifefootprints.com/Aye-Aye-Conservation

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Come join us this Friday 12/17 for this free talk: https://wildlifefootprints.com/Aye-Aye-Conservation

Aye-Ayes are the only fully nocturnal lemur species. Like all lemurs they live only in Madagascar. Although the Aye-Aye has been studied as an oddity for centuries, the Aye-Aye’s reclusive, nocturnal lifestyle has limited our understanding and knowledge of its ecology, demography, and population genetics in natural, free-living populations. Up until very recently, the Aye-Aye wasn’t even recognized as a lemur as it has rodent-like, continuously growing incisors; bat-like, dish-shaped ears; an elongated, thin, highly-flexible middle finger; and the largest relative brain size of any lemur. Aye-Ayes lead naturally solitary lives and have the largest species range of any existing lemur. Aye-Ayes suffer from many issues in Madagascar from deforestation, a traditional Fady (a taboo or superstition) that suggests that, if you see an Aye-Aye and it points its finger at you, you will die if you don’t kill the Aye-Aye, human population growth, slash-and-burn agriculture, charcoal industry, and many more man-made threats. There are likely only around 5,000 Aye-Ayes living in the wilds of Madagascar and only around 56 Aye-Ayes are living in captivity worldwide. If Aye-Ayes could talk, they would scream, “Nos maisons brûlent!” (Our houses are burning!). They would look to us with those big, round, yellow-orange eyes and plead with us to help. Here at Aye-Aye Conservation, we are working with local Malagasy community members, educators, and researchers to teach conservation, sustainable living strategies, reforestation, and good stewardship. We’re working with organizations that have had their feet on the ground for far longer than we have to coordinate aid where it’s needed most. However, everything is connected and we can not help the Aye-Aye without helping the environment in which they live or the people in which they come in to contact with. The solution must be adaptable and all embracing.

That’s why I was so excited when my friend Tanja Andersen told me that she was hosting a series of interviews about Create Opportunities and Motivate Others. She would like to interview me and I agreed to it.

The series was born out of her life’s purpose to be the bridge that connects people’s subconscious with their consciousness: in 2013, she looked a Sun Bear in the eye who was crippled, blind and had skin problems that was caused by people and this started her mission to be the voice of the wild.

The virtual live event is called: Protecting Wildlife – How to Breakthrough to Create Opportunities and Motivate Others to Make Simple Lifestyle Changes.

You can get a FREE ticket from me. The online event starts on the 13 December 2021.

You can get access and get more information using this link. https://wildlifefootprints.com/Aye-Aye-Conservation

It’s online so you can watch it from home, in the office or on the go.

We are experts with various backgrounds who have come together to share our experiences with life’s challenges. Time and time again we talk about our courage, as well as our feeling of hopelessness and loneliness and how we turned it into hope and positive actions. Our hope is to change your mindset and make you think more about the impact of your footprint.

Together we want to help you with HOW we freed ourselves by facing what we fled from, and WHY the challenges of emotions come for us, and are not against us.

This is a great opportunity for everyone in my network to be united in a strong community that I would like to share with our team as we work to support a better and safer Madagascar for Aye-Ayes and the human communities and environments that surround our endangered lemurs of focus. That’s why I’m super happy that Tanja is hosting this and that I’ll share it with you.

You can get access to the online event Conquer the Mirror Demon for FREE here. https://wildlifefootprints.com/Aye-Aye-Conservation

Choose to be THE solution and protect the wild animals by changing the way you live.

YES, I’m in! https://wildlifefootprints.com/Aye-Aye-Conservation

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Piece by Mr Lemur

#WorldLemurFestival

Day 13 - Aye-aye

• One of the most unloved and misunderstanding animals !!

The species is victim of superstitions and are generally considered bad omens, killed on sight and hung up so that the "malefic spirit" be carried away by travelers.

• Looking for organization to support ?

Check Lemur Conservation Network, Aye-Aye Conservation Help Simus, Duke Lemur Center, GERP Madagascar and more here : https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/how-to-help/support-conservation/ 🌿

Happy World Lemur Festival 2021 !! 💚

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Happy #GivingTuesday from all of us at Aye-Aye Conservation!

It's been a terrible year across the world. We here at Aye-Aye Conservation didn't get as much work as we were hoping to get accomplished done this year. Field work had to be put on hold, networking and partnerships with Malagasy organizations had to be postponed, and we had many reports of Aye-Ayes falling victim to Fady killings and being used as bushmeat as Covid-19 began to spike in Madagascar earlier this year.

We did, however, have some highlights this year. We had a wonderful first time online Facebook raffle in June and our first Aye-Aye Conservation article was published in the International Primate Protection League's Fall Isssue!

https://www.ippl.org/newsletter/2020s/IPPL_News_2020-09.pdf#page=7

We've also celebrated the birth of 3 Aye-Ayes this year! Mahery Kenatra was born on March 10, 2020 at the Jersey Zoo to Ala and Pan,

Mifaly was was born on May 15, 2020 at the Jersey Zoo to Zanvie and Pan, and Winifred was born on June 24, 2020 at the Duke Lemur Center to Fady and Nirina!

With the year coming to an end, and it being #GivingTuesday, we'd like to humbly ask for your support to keep supporting the Aye-Ayes we all love and to keep bringing you the Aye-Aye content you love here on your social media platforms. To do that, we need donations and for you to make purchases from our online stores.

You can support Aye-Aye Conservation at:

On PayPal @AyeAyeConservation

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🍰 Happy 34th Aye-Aye Birthday Alain! 🍰

Alain (♂)

Stud#108

~November 10, 1986 - Living

Alain was wild born around November 10, 1986 to unknown, wild parents and caught on November 10, 1990 (at around the age of 4).

He was transferred to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust/Jersey Zoo on November 18, 1990.

He has (4) offspring:

With Sambany at Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• son, Astaroth, (June 12, 1996 - September 7, 2004)

With Zazakely at Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• son, Kinga, (July 31, 1994 - September 26, 1998)

• son, Misaotra, (December 23, 1999 - September 20, 2012)

With Juliet at Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• son, #135, (September 2, 1995 - September 2, 1995)

• son, Tany, (April 16, 1996)

PS. If you have a photo of Alain, we'd love to add it to our geneology collection.

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🎉 Happy Aye-Aye Birthday 🎉

🍰 Remembered Lili! 🍰

Lili (♀)

Stud#124

~November 10, 1987 - May 13, 2007

Lili was wild born around November 10, 1987 to unknown, wild parents and caught on November 10, 1992 (around the age of 5). She was transferred to Tananariv on November 14, 1992.

Lili passed away on May 13, 2007 at the age of 19.5. A necropsy found her COD to be inconclusive.

PS: We have very little information about the Aye-Ayes at Tananariv. We don't know if Lili ever produced offspring. If you can fill in any of the gaps or have a picture of Lili, please forward them along to us.

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🎉❤🍰 Happy 29th Birthday Noah! 🍰❤🎉

Noah (♂)

Stud#132

~November 8, 1991 - Living

Noah was born in the wild likely around November 8, 1991 (minimum) to unknown, wild parents. He was almost 2.5 years old (an adult) when he was found. He was caught on July 29, 1994 and transferred to the Paris Zoo on August 8, 1994.

Noah was later transferred to the Bristol Zoo on November 12, 2001 and is currently residing at the Bristol Zoo. He was mated with Sabrina at the Paris Zoo.

Noah has a total of (5) offspring:

With Sambany at the Paris Zoo:

• daughter, Vassago, (July 25, 1998)

With Zanvie at the Bristol Zoo:

• daughter, Kintana, (February 11, 2005)

• son, Raz (Razafindranriatsimaniry), (November 23, 2007);

With Sabrina at the Bristol Zoo:

• daughter, Kambana, (May 17, 2015)

• daughter, Tahiry, (May 17, 2015)

Photo 1 and 2: Noah with keeper Lynsey Bugg at the Nocturnal House, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol, UK. Photo by Nick Garbutt / Indri Images)

Photo 3: Noah taken by Keeper Precious.

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🍰 Happy Birthday Remembered Tantely! 🎉

Tantely (♀)

Stud#144

~November 7, 1997 - 2008

Tantely was wild born around November 7, 1997 to mother, Nirina (Stud# 143), and an unknown, wild male in Madagascar. Tantely (around 5 months old) and her mother, Nirina, were captured on April 7, 1998 and transferred to Tananariv, Madagascar on April 11, 1998.

Tantely passed away in 2008 at Tananariv. A necropsy found the COD to be inconclusive.

PS: We have very little information about the Aye-Ayes at Tananariv. We don't know if Tantely ever produced offspring or had any siblings. If you can fill in any of the gaps or have a picture of Tantely, please forward them along to us.

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🎉 Happy 38th Aye-Aye Birthday Patrice! 🍰

Patrice (♂)

Stud#109

~November 5, 1982 - Living

Patrice was wild born around November 5, 1982 to unknown, wild parents and caught on November 5, 1990.

He was transferred to the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on November 18, 1990.

Patrice has a total of (5) offspring:

With Mina at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• daughter, Faharoa, (August 27, 1993 - May 25, 1994)

With Juliet at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• daughter, Sambany, (August 27, 1992 - March 1, 2001)

• son, Malala, (August 8, 1999)

With Zazakely at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• daughter, Zanvie, (January 31, 1997)

• son, Tappity, (February 2, 2003 - October 6, 2012)

Today, Patrice lives happily at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust along with their eight other Aye-Ayes. Patrice is the eldest in the colony followed by Alain who is estimated to be turning 34 years old this year on November 10th.

Photo 1: 2016 - Abbie Montgomery feeding 33 year old Patrice the Aye-Aye!

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🎉🍰 We have another sweet-and-sour mother-daughter Aye-Aye Birthday Remembered 🍰🎉

Juliet (♀)

Stud# 112

~November 2, 1980 - May 4 2014

Zazakely (♀)

Stud# 113

~November 2, 1990 - February 10, 2015

Juliet was wild born around November 2, 1980 to unknown, wild parents. She was caught along with her newborn infant, Zazakely, (Stud# 113) on November 2, 1990 and they were both transferred to the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on November 18, 1990.

Juliet had a total of (5) offspring:

With unknown wild male:

• Daughter, Zazakely, (Stud# 113)(November 2, 1990 - February 10, 2015)

With Patrice at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• Daughter, Sambany, (August 27, 1992 - March 1, 2001)

• Son, Malala, (August 8, 1999)

With Alain at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• Son, #135, (September 2, 1995 - September 2, 1995)

• Son, Tany, (April 16, 1996)

Juliet had to be medically euthanazied due to health issues at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on May 4, 2014.

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Zazakely was wild born around November 2, 1990 to mother, Juliet (Stud# 112) and an unknown, wild male and was caught with her mother, Juliet on November 2, 1990. They were both transferred to the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on November 18, 1990.

Zazakely had (4) half-siblings: half-sister, Sambany, (August 27, 1992 - March 1, 2001); half-brother, #135, (September 2, 1995 - September 2, 1995); half-brother, Tany, (April 16, 1996); and half-brother, Malala, (August 8, 1999).

Zazakely had a total of (2) offspring:

With Alain at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• Son, Kinga, (July 31, 1994 - September 26, 1998)

• Son, Misaotra, (December 23, 1999 - September 20, 2012)

With Patrice at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust:

• Daughter, Zanvie, (January 31, 1997)

• Son, Tappity, (February 2, 2003 - October 6, 2012)

Zazakely passed away on February 10, 2015 at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. A necropsy found her COD to be inconclusive.

Photo 1: Mother Zazakely and her son Tappity at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on June 18, 2003.

Photo 2: Juliet using the outside enclosure at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (photo by Ellie Sharples).

Photo 3: Zazakely (Zaza) at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (photo by Stephanie Masefield).

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❤ We have a bitter sweet mother-daughter combo Aye-Aye Birthday Remembered today... 🍰🎉

Mina (♀)

Stud#110

~November 1, 1984 - April 2, 1994

Fred (♀)

Stud#111

~November 1, 1990 - October 14, 1992

Fred was wild born around November 1, 1990 to mother, Mina and an unkown, wild father. She was caught as a newborn with her mother, Mina, in Madagascar on November 1, 1990.

Fred and her mother, Mina, were both transfered to the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on November 18, 1990.

Sadly, neither lived long in captivity, and baby Fred passed on October 14, 1992 (~ 2 years old) at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. A necropsy found the COD to be inconclusive. Fred's body was mounted/preserved for study.

Mina was wild born around November 1, 1984 to unknown, wild parents. She was caught with her newborn, Fred in Madagascar on November 1, 1990.

Mina and her newborn Fred were transferred to the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on November 18, 1990.

Unfortunately, neither Mina nor Fred survived captivity well. Mina lived for ~3.5 years in captivity, and passed on April 2, 1994 at the Jersey Zoo/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. A necropsy found the COD to be infection.

We wish you both a happy birthday remembered and wish you two had had an easier time adjusting to captivity. We could have used both of you in the breeding colony.

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Happy Samhain/Halloween 🎃 from all of us here at Aye-Aye Conservation! 👻

A Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year. It is held on 1 November, but with celebrations beginning on the evening of 31 October, as the Celtic day began and ended at sunset. Often this is a time when the veil between worlds is thought to be at it's most thin...

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Happy World Lemur Week! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Daubentonia. The Daubentonia genus contains just one species, and it is unique, even as far as unique animals go. The Aye Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is the world's largest nocturnal primate. It is also the only primate that uses echolocation. The Aye-Aye uses echolocation to find insect larvae hidden below the tree bark. A specially evolved finger aids in this task. The Aye-Aye rapidly taps this odd finger on the tree branch carefully listening to the sounds of each tap. When its echolocation sensitivity detects a change indicating a hollow area containing an insect, it uses that long finger to dig into the bark and extract its meal. This  finger contains a ball and socket joint like our shoulders, so it can easily move in many directions making it a very effective tool. The Aye-Ayes has large eyes, excellent hearing and a keen sense of smell as well, making it perfectly suited for life in the night landscape. Sadly, the Aya-Aye is listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The main threats to the species are habitat loss and human persecution due a superstition that the animals is sign of a bad omen. Now You Know You Daubentonia!

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🎈Happy Aye-Aye Birthday🎈

🎂 Remembered Goblin! 🎂

Goblin

Stud#122

October 23, 1992 - February 5, 1998

Goblin was born October 23, 1992 at the Duke Lemur Center to parents: mother, Ozma, and father, Mephistopheles.

He had (5) siblings: his sister, Ozma-A, (October 22, 1995 - October 26, 1995); his brother, Warlock, (June 16, 1998); his brother, Ozony-Avelo, (October 25, 2001 - January 19, 2015); his sister, Medusa, (October 14, 2003); and his sister, Styx, (September 1, 2010 - March 22, 2020).

Goblin also had (2) half-siblings: his half-brother, Davy, (June 11, 1991 - April 7, 2006) and his half-sister, Caliban, (August 25, 1994).

Goblin never produced offspring.

Goblin stayed at the Duke Lemur Center for his entire 4.3-year life until he passed on February 5, 1998. A necropsy performed showed the COD to be inconclusive. His body was mounted and preserved at DLC.

These images are from “Aye Aye” the eighteenth episode of Season 3 of Wild Kratts, originally airing on PBS Kids on July 8, 2015. It was the 84th episode of the series. The episode was written and directed by Chris Kratt and feature Goblin and his mother, Ozma.

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🎈Happy Aye-Aye Birthday 🎈

🍰 Remembered Ozma-A 🍰

Ozma-A (♀)

Stud#136

October 22, 1995 - October 26, 1995

Ozma-A was born October 22, 1995 at the Duke Lemur Center to parents: mother, Ozma, and father, Mephistopheles.

She had (5) siblings: her brother, Goblin, (October 23, 1992 - February 5, 1998); her brother, Warlock, (June 16, 1998); her brother, Ozony-Avelo, (October 25, 2001 - January 19, 2015); her sister, Medusa, (October 14, 2003); and her sister, Styx, (September 1, 2010 - March 22, 2020).

Ozma-A also had (2) half-sibling: her half-brother, Davy, (June 11, 1991 - April 7, 2006) and her half-sister, Caliban, (August 25, 1994).

Sadly, Ozma-A only lived for four short days and passed on October 26, 1995 at Duke Lemur Center. A necropsy performed showed the COD to be inconclusive.

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Our Aye-Aye article is out! Thank you so much to the International Primate Protection League for featuring us in their Fall 2020 issue! We're very honored. We'd just like to make a few quick corrections that didn't make it into the final article:

1) Our President and author of this article doesn't have his PhD, yet, and so isn't Dr Pilbro. "I'm just plain Clayton Pilbro".

2) There are now only 25 aye-ayes left in captivity in the USA. However, there are 56 total aye-ayes in captivity world wide.

3) As I reported in my article VOI and Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership patrols have been finding signs of illegal charcoal deforestation and burning in the Montagne des Français (MDF) area. A VOI and MBP patrol arrested several individuals again these past few weeks conducting illicit charcoal and deforestation activities in the MDF area. The photos are a few of the damages documented by Aubin Andry, MBP MDF Field Manager. In addition to managing the field program, Aubin is also a graduate doctorate student from the University of Mahajunga, studying composting and reforestation efforts in MDF.

We'd like to give a large thank you for the support of these patrols to Marat Karpeka, Lemur Conservation Foundation, Global Wildlife Conservation, IUCN Save Our Species, and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

Special thanks to Aubin Audry for the photos used in this article.

You can download a copy of our article on the International Primate Protection League website at:

https://www.ippl.org/newsletter/2020s/IPPL_News_2020-09.pdf#page=7