and so is alliteration....
anyway, I know there's aye-aye stuff buried in the worst zoo exhibit thread but I thought I'd start this one here. I have a question which is aimed mainly at European/UK/USA members because we aren't lucky enough to have any aye-ayes down in our corner of the world.
I just saw a small piece of footage of an aye-aye feeding on a documentary (which is to say, the footage was on a documentary, the aye-aye wasn't feeding on a documentary). Obviously I was already aware of HOW they feed, using their finger to tap for grubs, but actually seeing the animal do it is just so different from reading about it. It was amazing.
So my question is, how do aye-ayes get fed in zoos? I guess all zoos do things differently, but in general terms do they just plonk in a bowl of grubs and the aye-ayes have to make do, or do they set up grub-filled logs every day. I was just thinking that they'd have to go through a massive supply of logs every year, what with the aye-aye gnawing away at them all time to get at the grubs. Also, what is the usual diet in a zoo for them, as in species of grubs they are fed, artificial diets, etc.
anyway, I know there's aye-aye stuff buried in the worst zoo exhibit thread but I thought I'd start this one here. I have a question which is aimed mainly at European/UK/USA members because we aren't lucky enough to have any aye-ayes down in our corner of the world.
I just saw a small piece of footage of an aye-aye feeding on a documentary (which is to say, the footage was on a documentary, the aye-aye wasn't feeding on a documentary). Obviously I was already aware of HOW they feed, using their finger to tap for grubs, but actually seeing the animal do it is just so different from reading about it. It was amazing.
So my question is, how do aye-ayes get fed in zoos? I guess all zoos do things differently, but in general terms do they just plonk in a bowl of grubs and the aye-ayes have to make do, or do they set up grub-filled logs every day. I was just thinking that they'd have to go through a massive supply of logs every year, what with the aye-aye gnawing away at them all time to get at the grubs. Also, what is the usual diet in a zoo for them, as in species of grubs they are fed, artificial diets, etc.
