The Calfbird, the Aye-aye and the Cuscus

The calfbird is also known as the Capuchinebird. Its scientific name is Perisocephalus tricolor. It's a very drab looking bird but has its own interesting qualities. During the mating season the males pick a tree and strip it of all of its leaves (sucks to be that tree, huh?). The song they sing is very strange indeed. Some have described it like the sound of a cow mooing hense the name calf bird and others describe it as the sound of a distant chainsaw. Either way they don't have the 'prettiest' song. Here's a picture:

The aye-aye is another very interesting creature. It is a lemur which is a primate. It has grizzled greyish brown fur and wide eyes for use at night since it is nocturnal. The way it hunts is by tapping the limb of a tree with its claws and by listening to the echo they can tell if the limb has chambers where grubs live. If the aye-aye finds one it chews through the wood with its sharp teeth and uses its extra long middle finger to grab the grub inside the tree. Here's a picture of the aye-aye:

The Cuscus is a marsupial. The first time I saw one was on a show with Jack Hanna. He had a cuscus on his shoulders and was talking about it. It must have been memorable because I still remember it. There are four different groups of cuscus the Ailurops, (includes; Talaud Bear Cuscus and the Sulawesi Bear Cuscus) the Phalanger (includes; Gebe cuscus, Mountain Cuscus, Ground Cuscus, Eastern Common Cuscus, Woodlark Cuscus, Blue-eyed Cuscus, Telefomin Cuscus, Southern Common Cuscus, Northern Common Cuscus, Ornate Cuscus, Rothschild's Cuscus, Silky Cuscus and Stein's Cuscus), the Spilocuscus (includes; Admiralty Island Cuscus, Common Spotted Cuscus, Waigeou Cuscus, Black-spotted Cuscus and Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus.) and the Strigocuscus (includes; Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus and Peleng Cuscus). That's a lot of Cuscuses. Here's a picture of the Black-spotted Cuscus: