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Title: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 15, 2005, 09:22:41 AM

...our own beloved Angelique? But then, up until a few minutes ago, I had never even heard of an aye-aye.  [lghy]

An excerpt from Duke Primate Center welcomes Angelique (http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-668128.html):

Most of the center's 21 aye-ayes are named after characters with sinister or occult connotations; Angelique was a character in the "Dark Shadows" soap opera of the '60s, a "beautiful, evil witch," Gibson said. Such associations seem to come naturally to people upon seeing aye-ayes, who despite their nightmarish appearance are comparatively docile.

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: MsCriseyde on November 15, 2005, 04:18:13 PM

If you go to the main page of the site (http://www.herald-sun.com/), you can see a photo of Angelique. What a looker!  ;D

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Raineypark on November 15, 2005, 04:34:58 PM

I think "Angelique" is too cute for words!!  Sort of like a stuffed animal designed by Edward Gorey!!  [lghy]

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Ian on November 15, 2005, 05:14:58 PM

Quote from: MsCriseyde on November 15, 2005, 04:18:13 PM

If you go to the (URL), you can see a photo of Angelique. What a looker!  ;D

LOL, I thought you were talking about Lara Parker. D'oh!

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: PennyDreadful on November 16, 2005, 12:25:09 AM

 LOL!  That's awesome!  It's amusing that the names of all the aye ayes have "sinister or occult connotations."

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Connie on November 17, 2005, 06:53:22 PM

Quote

..."Such associations seem to come naturally to people upon seeing aye-ayes, who despite their nightmarish appearance are comparatively docile.

"They could bite your finger off if they wanted to," Yoder said."...

Barnabas:  "Then of course, there's Angelique, who despite her relatively docile appearance, is a total nightmare."

Ben:  "Aye!  She'll bite your finger off if she wants to."

 8)

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Misa on November 18, 2005, 06:50:18 AM

I did a search for aye-ayes and found the National Geographic site for kids. It has lots of info on them plus a video. The link to the page with the picture of baby Angelique must be on a different day, because I wasn't able to find the picture. I think the aye-ayes are kind of cute though, they are nocturnal lemusr.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0510/index.html
Misa

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Misa on November 18, 2005, 06:53:22 AM

I found a different link to a lovely picture of baby Angelique.

http://primatecenter.duke.edu/angelique.php

Hope you all like it, isn't she cute?

Misa :)

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: Midnite on November 18, 2005, 06:15:47 PM

Quote from: Misa on November 18, 2005, 06:53:22 AM

Hope you all like it, isn't she cute?

AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

 [lol2]

Title: Re: Well - who knew that one day an aye-aye would be named after...
Post by: LdyAnne on November 20, 2005, 05:42:40 PM

Wonder what Lara Parker thinks of this creature being named for her charachter?

LdyAnne