Those fingers are also useful for scooping the flesh out of various fruits, and it was only a matter of time before the aye-aye used that finger to explore their own biological recesses.

Humans aren’t the only animals to pick their nose and eat the contents, a new study has shown. The elongated fingers of the aye-aye allow it to reach deep into its nasal passage in search of ...

In Kali’s defense, aye-aye fingers were made for picking. The primate’s hand makes up 41% of its forelimb (imagine an average-size human with a foot-long hand).

Aye-ayes use their long middle finger to pick their nose, a first for this lemur species. But scientists aren’t sure why these animals picked up the habit ...

A new study from the Natural History Museum reveals that aye-ayes - a long-fingered species of lemur - have been regularly spotted digging around in their nostrils.

A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs.

Footage taken from a sanctuary shows a captive lemur using its elongated finger to pick its nose and lick off the mucus.

Every species on Earth is a living, breathing survival strategy.And no animal embodies the quirky brilliance of adaptation quite like the Aye Aye. As you'll see in the video, with his bulging eyes and ...

Chris and Martin find Aye Aye in forest. Chris and Martin find Aye Aye in forest. Wild Kratts is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV ...

Including aye-ayes and humans, 12 species of primate have been observed snacking on snot. Unlike humans' relatively short digits, the aye-aye's long and skinny middle finger is perfectly shaped ...