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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - A long trip on National Route 2 east and then a 30-minute boat ride to the hotel.

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A few shots during the boat ride - we traveled a canal built by the French. The water was calm and there were great reflections.
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Using the water reflection as an abstract - taught by Art Wolfe during my Sedona workshop with him.
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Fishing pens on the canal.
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Another abstract using the water reflections.
The sparkling water through the forest foliage.
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On a tree in the hotel garden was a Madagascar Leaf Nosed snake. This one was a couple of feet, however, they can be up to 6 feet in length.
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The Madagascar Leaf Nosed snake in a tree. It stays in the tree and eats lizards.
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I then heard alarm calls (yes, after two weeks I am now an expert on lemurs) from lemurs in the forest behind the hotel. I found a family of Common Brown lemurs in the trees eating some sort of fruit.
While I am in the forest another alarm call goes out all around me - a bit frightening in its intensity.

I could not figure out what all the commotion was about.
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A second one joins the first in the tree.
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Also high up in the tress is a Crowned lemur.
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At dusk we began a 30-minute boat drive to an island, home to a family of Aye-Aye lemurs. We hiked up a hill to an area where the local guides placed coconuts to entice the lemurs.

This little guy is weird - the villagers were known to kill them believing they bring bad luck - and with that face you can see why.
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The Aye-Aye lemur is the largest nocturnal primate, so we used flashlights to illuminate the area for pictures.
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Among the Aye-Aye's signature traits are its fingers. The third finger, which is much thinner than the others, is used for tapping, while the fourth finger, the longest, is used for pulling grubs and insects out of trees, using the hooked nail. The skinny middle finger is unique in the animal kingdom in that it possesses a ball-and-socket joint. The Aye-Aye has also evolved a sixth digit, a pseudothumb, to aid in gripping.
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A face only a mother could love.
A video of the Aye-Aye lemur in the trees
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