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Aye-aye caught picking nose with finger reaching its throat

Jennifer Sandlin
Sep 18, 2025
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Aye-ayes, Earth's largest nocturnal primates, are so visually off-putting that some people consider them bad luck and kill them on sight. (Photo by Joel Sartore / National Geographic Photo Ark)

Back in 2022, we briefly mentioned that an aye-aye had been caught on film "digging for gold," i.e., practicing rhinotillexis, or, in other words, picking its nos…

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