Can I get an aye aye imported here where I live for a pet? Do you think they beat up cats and dogs? Also can they fight racoons, possums, skunks and bobcats. What would be a cool name for one?
Where’s here? Have you looked at a picture? They probably couldn’t beat up a hamster. Though they can flip you the bird like nobody’s business.
I think a friend of mine told me he got one of these and the damn things crawled inside his VCR and died.
No. Wild things do not make good pets.
With the possible exception of a Pet Rock.
Which, thinking on it, would be the perfect pet for you.
Having an aye-aye as a pet is a no-no.
Aye ayes are on the Endangered Species list, so they are illegal to import anywhere. In fact, they were once considered extinct from 1933-1957. Here’s a site with some facts about lemurs (which is what an aye aye is):
This part specifically addresses the suitability (or non-suitability) of lemurs as pets:
I thought you wanted a gator?
That would be a nay-nay.
Dr. e.fred Dolittle should get a talking parrot, a dog, a monkey, a pig, a duck, and an owl.
And an alligator.
And a pushmi-pullyu.
Captain, of course.
AaronX, know this: somewhere, in a corner of the globe quite far from you, you have made a stranger on the internet laugh, and brightened someone’s day.
Ask your dad when he gets home from work.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think the aye-aye must have been the inspiration for Max Schrek’s look in Nosferatu?
Sadly, its creepy looks are one reason why it’s so endangered. Locals decided that the aye-aye must be some sort of evil demon, and have been killing them on sight for a long time.