Strange hands of animals

Thanks to its exotic hands, aye-aye monkeys, mole or geckos can adapt to hunting, sheltering and adapting to their habitat.

1. Monkey Aye-Aye

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Aye-aye is a lemur originating from the Madagascar archipelago. They are considered one of the ugliest animals on the planet. This is probably the most exotic species of primates. Aye-aye monkey's fingers are slim, long and pointed, especially the middle finger. Thanks to these hands, aye-aye can detect pores inside the bark, where their favorite insects are. When a suitable feeding site is found, the monkey will bite the bark and use the long finger to grab the prey. Many people living in Madagascar think that aye-aye is a bad omen or devil. Therefore, if they are found near human habitation, they will be killed.

2. Helen's Frog

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Helen's frog was first discovered in 2009 in a lowland forest near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Large foot membranes help them to move from tree to tree with a long distance. Large membranes on the feet also help them slip from the tree to the ground.

3. Mole mouse

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The mole mouse is a species with exceptionally strange hands. The structure of the hands is large, flat and flat, especially the long nails are natural features that help them adapt to the digging activity. Thanks to these hands, they can dig ground to find shelter or detect food. In addition, the mole also has an extra finger next to the thumb. This extra finger does not have moving joints and mole rats rely on this trait only during digging. According to the researchers, the excess finger is born from the part of the wrist bone and develops later than the other fingers.

4. Gecko

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Geckos can stick and stick to anything thanks to the horizontal lines on the arms and legs covered with a hard coat with small nail tips. These tips can help them come into contact with surfaces like the spider character in the film. Canadian engineers studied this feature and created a kind of adhesive for a robot that cleans ships in the universe.

5. Chicken nails (Hoatzin)

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Chicks living in South America are considered to be the only known bird with a small claw texture that appears at the end of the wings. These claws will dissipate as they mature. Although this anomalous point makes the chicken seem to be attached to the body, it is quite a useful feature for them. Thanks to the odd claws, the clawed chicken can climb on the tree and swing itself back if it accidentally falls into the water.