Saturday, July 5, 2008

Distant Cousin


I think I found one of my very early ancestors. This kind of looks like me if you squint really hard at the photo. He's called Ayer-ayer or Daubentonia madagascariensis for short. Ayer is the world's largeest nocturnal primate and lives in the rainforest high up in the trees. He weighs about the same as I do, which isn't very large at all. Check out his long fingers. They sure would come in handy for picking up my cookies off the carpet.