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"Extinct Primate Found in Indonesia - PHOTO
nationalgeographic ^

Posted on 11/17/2008 7:55:41 PM PST by JoeProBono

It may look like a gremlin, but this tiny animal is actually a pygmy tarsier, recently rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia.

The 2-ounce (57-gram) carnivorous primate had not been seen alive since the 1920s.

That was until researchers on a summer expedition captured, tagged, and released three members of the species (including this individual, above).


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: extinct; primate; tarsier
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"Everyone's always talking about pygmy tarsiers," said lead researcher Sharon Gursky-Doyen, a professor at Texas A&M University.

"There have been dozens of expeditions looking for them—all unsuccessful. I needed to go and try to see for myself if they were really there or if they were really extinct," added Gursky-Doyen, whose research was funded in part by the National Geographic Society's Conservation Trust.

"Once relatively abundant among the mossy, forested mountain slopes of Lore Lindu National Park in central Sulawesi, the pygmy tarsier population may have shrunk when logging in the 1970s destroyed its habitat, Gursky-Doyen said.

The nocturnal creatures rely on darkness to avoid predation. However in fragmented forests, the canopy lets in more moonlight, exposing the small animal to birds and other predators as it leaps from tree to tree.

Gursky-Doyen said she hopes the find will inspire the Indonesian government to protect the species and its habitat.

"[The] government needs to figure out a compromise between people and animals living in Lore Lindu."


1 posted on 11/17/2008 7:55:41 PM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

New alien prop.


2 posted on 11/17/2008 7:57:24 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: JoeProBono

Didn’t that little guy sell Quizno’s subs for a while?


3 posted on 11/17/2008 7:57:57 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: JoeProBono
The 2-ounce (57-gram) carnivorous primate

There's a movie here somewhere.

4 posted on 11/17/2008 7:59:17 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: cripplecreek
"Didn’t that little guy sell Quizno’s subs for a while?"

Yep


5 posted on 11/17/2008 7:59:28 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like a rhesus monkey, a lemur, and a sugar baby got drunk one night, had too much fun and this is the result.


6 posted on 11/17/2008 7:59:50 PM PST by rintense (I don't wanna gain the whole world and lose my soul~ TobyMac (are you listening Obamabots?))
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To: JoeProBono

Don’t touch them. You all know the story about Brer Rabbit and the tarsier-baby.


7 posted on 11/17/2008 8:00:20 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: JoeProBono

weird angle


8 posted on 11/17/2008 8:00:21 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like my domesticated chihuahua..Won’t even make a good taco!!!


9 posted on 11/17/2008 8:00:46 PM PST by hope (the socialist msm result is mind-numb O-bots)
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To: JoeProBono
"Everyone's always talking about pygmy tarsiers,"

I am SO out of the loop.

10 posted on 11/17/2008 8:03:21 PM PST by TN4Liberty (The first amendment doesn't end with "...as long as nobody is offended.")
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To: JoeProBono

Cool pic. I wonder what species of primate does that freaky looking “hand” belong to that is holding that poor little tarsier baby?


11 posted on 11/17/2008 8:03:25 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: JoeProBono

looks more like a wingless bat than a primate.


12 posted on 11/17/2008 8:06:04 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: JoeProBono

Disgusting.


13 posted on 11/17/2008 8:10:12 PM PST by Dallas59 (Not My President)
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To: rintense
Who?


14 posted on 11/17/2008 8:10:46 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono

Don’t get them near bright light,Don’t get them wet,and Never feed them after midnight. ;-)


15 posted on 11/17/2008 8:11:46 PM PST by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: Dallas59
Disgusting.

Aw, come on, you right-wing-nut-job! :)

He's cuuuuuute!

16 posted on 11/17/2008 8:13:08 PM PST by RaiderRose (No thanks, Barry. You can keep the Change.)
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To: RaiderRose

Note to self...work on italics skills...dammit!


17 posted on 11/17/2008 8:13:44 PM PST by RaiderRose (No thanks, Barry. You can keep the Change.)
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To: Nathan Zachary
"looks more like a wingless bat than a primate."

Ya think?


18 posted on 11/17/2008 8:15:05 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono

Okay, I want one.


19 posted on 11/17/2008 8:19:42 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: OneWingedShark

Another Obama, the old boy sure got around!


20 posted on 11/17/2008 8:22:41 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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