Nectartini? This Little Lemur Has a Taste for Alcohol

In the new study, the researchers wanted to investigate whether alcohol was part of the aye-ayes' regular diet. But aye-ayes also use this finger to probe for nectar in a plant called the traveler's tree, also native to Madagascar. Previous observations of aye-ayes showed that they spend as much as 20 percent of their feeding time during the rainy season searching for and devouring the liquid treat.