Saturday Lemur Musings

Copyright 2015 AJ Horton

Hello on Saturday.  It was hot Thursday when I visited the zoo so the Lemurs didn't really want to play in the trees.  Thank goodness for them that the boulder was in the shade or it would have been worse than the trees.  Did you know that lemurs are exclusively in Madagascar?  It seems they tried living in mainland Africa and didn't do very well; the monkeys and apes took over all the resources.  But, lemurs have had a home in Madagascar for millions of years so it's all good.  The name lemur comes from a Latin word meaning "spirit" because they like being out at night.  I appreciated that they were out during the day when I was at the zoo.

I hope you had a great Saturday.  Thanks for looking.  See you tomorrow,