This very rare lemur named Razafindranriatsimanirya whose name means son of a prince or the nobile man who envies no man was born in a London zoo in November 2007. This Aye Aye lemur nicknamed Raz is an endangered species. Raz's nature is sweet and so sensitive that he needs to be fed every two hours beause he won't eat alone. Most amazing feature of this little fellow are it's five tiny fingers so much like human. Vecernji List has 8 photos of this little fellow that almost make him look very different.

In Madagascar a lemur's diet may cosist of mango, lychees, nuts, insects, seeds and fungi. The Malagasy word babakoto which means grandfather is often used to describe the Aye aye. The aye aye taps on wood and listens inorder to locate insect tunnels under the tree bark. The aya aye chews at the tree bark and then scoops out the insect with it's finger. The lemur sleeps in the day in a nest made of dried twigs and leaves.

Why is it an endangered species? Deforestation has led the lemur to seek food and shelter in coconut plantations and villagers crops. The local legend depicts the Aye Aye lemur as the harbinger of death. If an aye aye points a finger at a villager the person is doomed so the gentle creatures are killed on sight.

Death from an untraceable threat such as finger pointing is not unique. In Australia Aborigines had a kundela known as spear of thought which is a dangerous weapon. The kundela made of bone need only be pointed at a person to inflict death. If the victim who broke rules needed to be tracked down the executioner would wear shoes made of feathers and human hair that leave almost no footprints.

Madagascar has an amazing biodiversity of plant and animal life. About 70 different kinds of lemurs live in Madagascar along with 17 million people. There is poverty and sometimes other lemurs are hunted for food. It is important to solve two problems one of poverty and the other of endangered species.

Duke Lemur Center has been operating a conservation program for 20 years and has partenered with Madagascar Fauna Group that involves locals in sustainable agriculture. This important since Madagascar's economy is mainly agriculture. Rice, manioc, coffe, sugar, vanilla and cotton.

Paris Hilton will be promoting Rich Prosecco champagne in March in Zagreb, Croatia. She will spend there about two days. Why? The fruity champagne has been a catastrophy! What bothers me about the picture is the culinary faux pas executed by shish kabobing the strawberry with a huge plastic straw while wearing protective gloves! Strangely the fruity champagne is unpopular even though the strawberry coctail is the national mojito.

The real horror of Rich Prosecco champagne is that it is canned! It comes in a tiny gold can and resembles on of those sport drinks such as Red Bull. So yeah, it will be a challenge to sell canned Italian champagne when Croatians grow quality wines and champagne near Zagreb in Varazdin. Other wines growing areas in Croatia include Krk island and Pakrac.

Paris promotional tour will include Croatia, Serbia, India and China. Serbians are skilled in making beer and pear brandy. Every location has a best beverage. Both Paris and Rich Prosecco face a real challege. Is it delicious? What about quality? Maybe it isn't so strange in a world full of soy cheese, post consumer paper towels, televisions with antiburn calibration settings, yogurt containg omega oil, popcorn lung disease and googling.

Osama Bin Laden's 27 year old son Omar marries British woman named Jane Felix- Browne a fabulous 52 year old. They met after horseback riding at Egypt's Pyramids last September. Jane Felix-Brown renamed herself Zaina Muhammad. The couple seeks a surrogate mother for their future child. Together they live in an undisclosed location in Europe where they also built an import export business. Omar Bin Laden describes his marriage as good and strong.

Why would anyone do this to himself? Tattoos and earings are not medically necessary. Body modification has numerous types that include body piercing, tattoo, corsette piercing, and scarifications do involve pain but the risks also include infection, staphylococcus, syphlis, hepatitus B and C. The fact that people do endure pain for beauty is prevalent in mainstream society.

Mainstream Body Modification

Stomach stapling surgey as well as laparoscopic gastric banding are both medical procedures that involve "shrinking" the stomach so that the patient can eat less and thus loose weight. There can be complications and stomach stapling surgery has 2% death rate while laparscopic surgery has only 1% mortality rate.

Once the patient has lost about 70 lbs excess skin develops. A tummy may drape over itself. Now the cure for excess skin is plastic surgery. Surgeons cut away excess skin then stitch the patient back together. The patient then must resolve to move through the pain. Recovery includes pain. These people sometimes face multiple plastic surgeries.

Even wrinkles have temporary antidote. Botox treatment involves injecting poison under the skin for a worry free look.

This is Who I Am

Young adults now consider tatoos and multiple body piercings as mainstream. These people get tatoos that reflect their identity, interests, and life goals. Young ladies have practiced corsette piercing which involves multiple piercings along the back or side then laced with satin ribbons that are pulled to stretch the skin! That is scary.

Traditions Are Alive

Plastic surgery was practiced as early as 6th century B.C. in India. Sushruta was a known surgeon in India who wrote the book Sushruta Samhita in 6th century B.C. Sushruta described 120 instruments and 300 surgical procedures. He describes rhinoplasty by repairing the nose with the skin from the forehead. He even reconstructed noses that were amputated. Sushruta teached and practiced on the banks of Ganga which corresponds to Varanasi in Northern India.

For many cultures body piercing has meaning and today people continue to pierce their tongue, eyebrow, nose and chest. Ancient Egyptians pierced ears and eyebrows as a sign of royalty. In India a pierced nose is a sign of beauty. Mayans pierced their tongue in a ritual that enabled them to talk to their ancestors. Roman centurions pierced their nipples as a sign of courage.

In Brazil a male member of the Tupi tribe endured isolation, fasting, liquid pepper in the eyes, stinging by wasp or ants and scarification as a rite of passage. Scarification was proof of his transformation into manhood. So maybe people today seek a rite of passage and proof of transformation through body modification.

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