Can anyone guess which lemur species is my favourite? 
Favourite lemur species
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No, I’m stumped! Decken’s Sifaka?
Mongoose Lemurs are my favorite. I like their name.
Sportive lemur in a boxing pose?Can anyone guess which lemur species is my favourite?
JurassicMax
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For me it's the aye-aye such a strange looking animal but oddly charming!
For the name alone, I like Association Européenne pour l'Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens' Sportive Lemur. It's one of the longest English animal common names. Besides that I like Aye-Aye, Indri, and any mouse lemur.
I like Coquerel's Sifakas because they look cool
Coquerel's sifakas recently took the role of my favorite lemur species from the mongoose lemur after I saw some in person for the first time last week in Jacksonville Zoo. Mongoose lemurs are a close second, with black and white ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs following closely, too.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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That is still a hell of an impressive list of lemurs that you saw, I'm pretty jealous to be honest with you
I would love to see some of these in the wild one day.Can anyone guess which lemur species is my favourite?
On a wild guess, I'm going to have to say the Cleese's woolly lemur ?
No, kidding, but it would be brilliant to know why you feel an affinity with the gentle lemur, what is it about these primates that appeals to you / interests you ?
Interesting choice, fascinating species being one of the few monogamous primates.
You seem to have some familiarity with this species, have you worked with these in captivity ? If so what are their temperaments like ?
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Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Seems like the Coquerel's sifaka and the aye-aye are firm favourites amongst lemur fans on zoochat.
I guess because of their strangeness : the sifaka's odd locomotive stance and movements and the aye-aye's overall bizarre look and behaviour.
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Wow, that really does make me think a lot of Zoboomafoo. Looks very much like it's some kind of puppet. Count me in Coquerel camp, largely because I grew up on Zoboomafoo, and I'm not really much of a primate person either.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Do you think that this kids show has helped raised awareness of the sifaka and its conservation ?
It seems to me that it might have had somewhat of an impact on raising the profile of the species and the lemurs in general.
I mean, I'd guess that kids who grew up when Zoboomafoo was airing definitely were more aware of sifaka conservation. I wouldn't have known much about any kind of lemur otherwise, and really, I'd say that the show promoted a lot of different types of animal education. That being said, Zoboo being the mascot, I think it probably did a lot for making a more general audience fall in love with lemurs and particular sifakas.
Wild Kratts seems to serve that function currently, but I haven't watched that, so I can't speak to much of it.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Seems to me to highlight the importance of introducing children to these kind of species through good environmental education early on.
In this sense "Zoboomafoo" could be considered to be quite a success story.
I grew up as Zooboomafu was ending and Wild Kratts was starting, I've seen lots of episodes of both. Wild Kratts has the benefit of being animated, so they can talk about whatever animals they want without having to have footage, although the show also has live-action segments. I think one thing to note about Wild Kratts is that often the conservation message may be lost due to the show's cartoonish villains, though maybe that's not as much of a problem as it seems.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Sadly, I didn't grow up with either Zooboomafu or Wild Kratts
. However, my significant other did grow up watching Zooboomafu and has said to me that she would never have known what a sifaka was otherwise.
I really think that these sorts of programs do have an impact on raising environmental awareness in younger generations and of course lemurs
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Indeed. I used to love Wild Kratts. Heck, I still appreciate. it. I learned a lot of animal information when I was younger from the Kratt brothers.Sadly, I didn't grow up with either Zooboomafu or Wild Kratts
However, my significant other did grow up watching Zooboomafu and has said to me that she would never have known what a sifaka was otherwise.
I really think that these sorts of programs do have an impact on raising environmental awareness in younger generations and of course lemurs
My favorite lemur species however, would be every single species of Mouse lemur. I cant help it! Their so adorable. But to be honest in the animal world I dont really do favorites regarding animals, due to the fact that I believe each animal is fascinating in my book.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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That is brilliant to hear
Mouse lemurs are both fascinating and adorable aren't they ?
What I find most interesting about the Microcebus is just how many species of these we are continuing to discover due to new advances in DNA analysis.
The two ruffed lemur species are by far my favorite, with red ruffed lemurs slightly edging out black-and-white ruffed lemurs for the top spot. Their large size, activity level, and interesting behaviors makes for an engaging exhibit, and I grew up with both species easily viewable at local zoos which definitely endeared them to me.
Plus, if we're just talking aesthetics, I'm partial to mammals that are red, or black and white, so they get bonus points
Plus, if we're just talking aesthetics, I'm partial to mammals that are red, or black and white, so they get bonus points