Why do aye-ayes pick and eat their snot? | Surprising Science

You may know that aye-ayes have a very long and thin finger. They mostly use it to find and extract grubs from inside trees.

But did you know that an aye-aye will also use it to pick their nose?
Find out more about the discovery of this Madagascan lemur's nose picking behaviour: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2...

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