The time is now

2 days ago

Melisandre in her home nestbox in which her mom, Ardrey, has built a beautiful nest of bamboo leaves. Peering over the edge of the box at the start of a new night, Melisandre is about to venture out into the enclosure to explore and play. She is getting more and more confident in moving about on her own without any assistance from Mom!

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These cute aye-aye photos are just too much for my heart to handle, adorable ❤ x

Beautiful little creature.

Well hello, Melisandre! You are looking lovely!

Just look at that gorgeous face <3

She is precious!!

I love aye-ayes!

Good morning Melisandra!!!

She is so beautiful! Tonks from Denver says hello!

She is so adorable! Puts a smile on my face to see her beautiful, smiling face peaking out at the world!

She is beautiful!❤️

So adorable ❤️

Beautiful! Just beautiful! 😍

Stunning pic of a beautiiful little girl

Gorgeous! ❤️

Adorable!

Adorable!!

Oh my heart! This face❤️

Need the "aww!" emoji!

Awwwwwww❤️

OMG. I love this so much!!! David Haring you’re the Best

Cutest face on Facebook for the day!

Huge Kudos to David Haring who continues to show us he has the vibe with the Aye-Ayes.

Kristen Kelly precious baby!!!

Erin Wood-Cattell

Faye Goodwin omg she peek

3 days ago

Sometimes it seems as if aye-ayes, unlike other lemurs, actually take the time to savor their food, instead of gobbling it down as quickly as possible. And aye-ayes absolutely adore peanut butter, in whatever form their technicians choose to deliver it. Yesterday, Agatha was rather daintily transferring the heavenly substance from cup to mouth by way of her finger, obviously loving every second of the process. But in mid cup, she just had to take a second to hold her peanut butter smeared finger to her nose and take a deep whiff of the fantastic goopy miracle that is peanut butter.

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She's just gorgeous! Great pic! XX

What a fabulous capture, one day soon I'm going to come and visit you from the UK and top of my list is to see an aye-aye, utterly adorable ❤

This is precious.

She is just so cute!

Such an adorable creature, so happy for her to have this, her wonderful, delicious favorite treat! Her face makes you love life!

David your pictures are amazing!

Insider info: sometimes she "sings" when she eats, or at least makes little cooing vocalizations as she endulges

She loves the smell of peanut butter in the morning❤️

This wonderful! I was hoping for a post on Agatha!

Agatha is a master taster and a true participant in the finer things in life.

Awww so adorable!!!

Compared to her Spot just gobbles everything up as quickly as possible so he doesn't have to share 😅

Agatha is the cutest!

She is still the cutest aye-aye I ever met!

I'm in love ❤️

I know EXACTLY how she feels about peanut butter!!

Christina 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is so familiar!!! How many times have we seen that face?!

Agatha!

Kinda know how she feels tbh.

Sierra

Ian Singleton

Christiana Daniela! Aye-aye and peanut butter!

Bobby Dee Bruce

Cool

Priya Palmer how far from you? I must go.

Duke Lemur Center shared a post.

4 days ago

Have you seen this awesome video yet? We’re so grateful to John Cleese for lending his comedic vocal talents, and to Joe Whelski of Secret Station films for creating this video for us! Thanks to their amazing (and pro-bono!) work on this project, we can share the best way to become “one of those cool lemur parents” with the world. ;-)

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It’s the best!

Brooke Lindsey Myers

Amy Rhode

Cool

5 days ago

If you're daydreaming about warm days in the sun at your desk, you're not alone! The lemurs are all safe and warm in their indoor habitats for the evening, and we are very grateful to the staff trudging through the rain to deliver food, enrichment, and veterinary care.

Rainy day activity for you: how many lemurs can you spot in this photo of NHE 6 from this past summer? ... See MoreSee Less

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The answer is 6 lemurs (a full house for NHE #6)! Orange arrows point to black and white ruffed brothers AJ and Rees, light blue arrow points to ring-tailed lemurs Fritz and Alena, and purple arrows point to Coquerel's sifaka Beatrice and Elliot.

Tom Conniffe remember I recently told you about a lemur study centre in America and that they have indoor safe houses at night but in the day they can roam and wander the grounds? Well here is part of this area, it's huge and they can roam at will. Read the 'Our Story' and you will see how this centre is the world leader for lemur conservation, care and study.

I see 8, possibly 9.

4 lemurs❤️

6? Are they all BW ruffed/sifarkas or are there some darker ones in there too?

Amy Rhode

Bobby Dee Bruce

7?...

1 week ago

It was a beautiful, clear, crisp morning at the DLC on Wednesday. The free ranging lemurs had to be locked into their heated quarters by mid-day, though, because temperatures that night were predicted to fall below 40F. In fact, free rangers will most likely not be released to the forest again for at least another week. It is unusual in early November for free rangers to be confined to the buildings for such a long period of time, hopefully not a sign of a severe winter to come! Meanwhile free ranging lemurs (ring-tails in NHE 4, sifaka in NHE 3) took full advantage of every possible ray of sun they could possibly soak up!

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I love how they are sitting there soaking up the warm sun.😍

As if we needed another endearing quality to love lemurs. They need little beach towels and an umbrella drink.

So cute! Hoping it is not a sign of a severe winter too. Glad they are able to go outside, weather permitting!

What's the average temperature in Madagascar this time of year?

My spirit animal for sure! 💜

Hey im not a big fan of winter either

Will Morrison we really need to go see the lemurs.

I feel you, guys. We're like 20 degrees below normal here in northern Illinois. Brrrr!

Lena Wedeen

Bobby Dee Bruce

Hugo ils lézardent au soleil

Sweet sun worshipers! Thanks David!

2 weeks ago

Are you interested in volunteering at the Duke Lemur Center and helping with the daily care of 200+ lemurs? We are currently accepting applications for the Technician Assistant volunteer position. Technician Assistants support our Primate Technician staff by cleaning animal enclosures, helping with diet preparation, and making enrichment, among other important tasks! To read more about being a TA and to fill out an application, go to: lemur.duke.edu/get-involved/volunteer/

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I LOVE volunteering at the DLC. The full time staff are all so nice and of course being around the lemurs is just a wonderful experience. 😊😊😊

If I ever do travel nursing, I plan on going near the lemur center for at least one assignment to do this.

Wish I lived less than a 4 hour drive from the center!!

My dream job, shame I live so far away in the UK!

Could probably fit another volunteering session in, if I lived in the right place, whaddya say Nicholas? 💙

I wish !! I live in Seattle now. Tough commute....

Wish I can volunteer with you guys, but live up here in VT and need some assistance beside me just in case I go into full-blown seizure (I have epilepsy).

How much I'd love to but I live in another country!

. . . Leaping Lemurs! . . . hmm, based solely on this photo sample, seems to be a selection bias for young women . . . any openings for "lemurs" . . . just asking . . . for a friend . . . I'd wear a tail . . . .

Yes...but I'm in Columbus OH. Dammit

I wish we weren’t so far away.

Maureen Heil Brownfiel

Is that erin?

Sandy Richardson Hover my dream!!

2 weeks ago

Fady, our newest aye-aye resident seems to really be coming out of her shell, and coming after David Haring's camera! If you look closely, you can see that she has claws on her fingertips, instead of the fingernails that primates are supposed to have. What can we say, aye-ayes are the rebels of the primate family!

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What a cutie! 🙏🏻

Her fingers are so long!!!

Beautiful creature ! She dont likes the process of taking pictures ! Waiting for new pictures of her, Grendel and their new little aye-ayes !

Impossible not to be a fan of an aye-aye, especially Fady the Lady. A great photograph of an endearing face...

That has made me laugh out loud. Love this photo! ❤

Ah yes, it's all about "Aye". Love me some rebel lemurs!

Beautiful girl!! Hoping for a pic of her and Grendel soon!

Fantastic picture! Thank you David!

What a fantastic photo, and how gorgeous is Fady 😍😍😍😍

That’s such a great shot!!

Gorgeous gal. Wonderful shot, David!

Gaaaaaaa!! I love this❤️❤️❤️

<3 love this!

what a great shot!

What an amazing shot!!!! Wow!

I hope meeting these cuties is part of our meeting of the RAC next week!

Amazing photo!!

Gorgeous!!

Another cutie!

The better to tap you with!

Amazing!!

Super cute!

Aye Aye's are my absolute favorite animals! <3

Awesome image!!

Great shot!! Katy Tanis 🙂

2 weeks ago

On August 24th the free ranging NHE 4 sifaka group (Rodelinda, Marcus and two year old Eustace) had to be shut into the triplex complex with no access to the forest due to a large tree falling on the fence. A week later, the fence was repaired but Eustace got sick and had to go on meds for a stubborn case of loose stool. Finally, 72 days later, the group was released back to free range today. Eustace and Marcus were literally kicking up their heels as they sprinted down the forest path, so happy were they about their new found freedom. A bit later in a flaming yellow hickory tree, however, the group appeared to be much more subdued and were looking about cautiously, seemingly in a bit of a daze. Perhaps the fact that a forest in mid-August is a radically different place than a forest in the peak of autumn had taken the sifaka by surprise.

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The fact that Lemurs may be as affected by the change in weather patterns as humans really makes me feel good. Can't remember a time when it took the leaves so long to turn, and now, can't remember a time when we were below freezing here in Durham in early November.

Glad they are doing better. Wondering if what they had is similar to wet tail, hard to cure. Luckily, they are all still with us & putting smiles on our faces!

Visited DLC in Feb.2016. Would love to get back there during warmer weather.

So happy they are ok, they are so darn cute!!!!

Gorgeous!

Joel, Nathan, Erin ❤️

Bobby Dee Bruce

Jj Heaton 😍

2 weeks ago

A favorite from last year 😂 We can all relate, right?!

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So cute!

Sweet baby!

Teres from the episode of Great Big Story, right? youtu.be/0TQsuANCNRo

Love!

Lemur candy alone!!!!

Lidia Tiller

Trudy Mason

Jessica Shafer

Alex Wright

Yep

Bobby Dee Bruce

Cute

Jenette Morrison LOL

Lemur demands more candy <3 hehe