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Bye-Bye to the Aye-Aye

Who wants to save an ugly animal?

By |Posted Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 7:13 AM ET

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The aye-aye may be one of the most repellent animals in the world. It also happens to be on the verge of extinction. Click here to read a slide-show essay about an effort to save the endangered species that got hit with the ugly stick.

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Michael Levitin is a freelance journalist living in Berlin.