Tu voulais savoir...
Tu voulais savoir ce qu'était cette chose, présentée dans "le chat du jour il y a quelques temps. Eh bien oui, je peux te le dire, ceci est mon clone animal (jusque dans le nom: aye aye!)
From ugly duckling to beautiful lemur
Early this year, Bristol Zoo proudly announced the birth of the first captive bred aye-aye in the UK.
Kintana is now a beatiful adult
| Pictures of baby Kintana being lovingly hand-reared by staff captivated people across the country; fan mail flooded in and visitors turned up expectantly to see the new arrival. Six months on and the zoo's Gollum look-alike has grown into a beautiful adult. Keepers at the Zoo have also made a discovery – Kintana is a girl. (ah je le savais!!) Conservation Bristol Zoo was the first UK zoo to successfuly breed and hand-rear an aye-aye, and Kintana was only the second aye-aye to be hand-reared in the world. The aye-aye is one of the largest nocturnal primates in the world and the only primate thought to use echo-location, which they use to find grubs up to 2cm deep in a tree. The nocturnal animals, which are native to the African island of Madagascar, have long been persecuted for their unusual appearance. In some regions, they are killed by local people who believe they are ill omens. They are also viewed as pests due to their love of plantation crops, such as coconuts and lychees. Just 10 institutions across the world have aye-ayes in captivity. Kintana now weighs a healthy 1.5 Kilos compared to 100 grams at birth. Dr Jo Gipps, director of Bristol Zoo Gardens said her development was a tribute to the team of keepers who look after her, and provided months of devoted care and round-the-clock attention, which included a schedule of feeds every two hours.
“Kintana’s birth was a small but important step for the conservation of this extraordinary species of nocturnal lemur," she said. |
The newly-born Kintana