prefix dampening w/mae-e next-hop

I am seeing a lot of prefixes being dampened
with mae-e next hops. Can someone comment
on what is going on? most of the nitrous
dampened table is mae-e next hops.

(one of about 20 similar).
*>i204.38.74.0 165.117.1.61 4294967294 100 0 3561 1225 10330 i
* i 198.32.136.11 4294967294 100 0 1239 1225 10330 i
*d 192.41.177.241 73 0 1239 1225 10330 i
*d 192.41.177.127 32 0 3561 1225 10330 i

BR