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Meet Dublin Zoo's New Recruits

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Meet Dublin Zoo's New Recruits

Alex Rowley
Alex Rowley

01:23 25 Jul 2023


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The newest enclosure in Dublin Zoo opened today.

It's called the Nocturnal House - and its first residents are already in situ.

The Aye-Aye lemur, the first of its kind in Ireland, officially moved in this morning.

The endangered primate comes from Madagascar in Africa and is a distant relative to humans.

It has an elongated middle finger to help find food and sleeps during the day.

The new house will be pitch black and lit by a red light for visitors as the animals' body clock is the opposite to ours.

Director of Dublin Zoo, Dr Christoph Schwitzer, is delighted with the new animals:

"I'm a great fan of lemurs, I really love lemurs".

"They [Aye-Ayes] are just lovely lovely creatures and I'm really glad we have them here in Dublin Zoo".

Fun fact also - Maurice from the movie Madagascar is an aye-aye.

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