Zooillogix

High in the mountaintop forests of Indonesia, this little Furby-gremlin hybrid hid undiscovered (and unmolested) for the last ninety years. Last seen alive in the 1920s, the pygmy tarsier was thought extinct until researchers from Texas A&M University rediscovered the little guy last month.

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Pygmy tarsier is not amused.

Over a 2.5 month period, the scientists trapped two males and one female in Lore-Lindu National Park. After taking measurements and affixing radio collars, the researchers were unable to resist the urge to love them, and hug them, and squeeze them and call them George.

These primitive primates weigh only 2 ounces and live in the treetops where they hunt insects (you would too if you were 2 ounces) at night. Unlike most primates, the pygmy tarsier has claws instead of nails.

Handy dandy pygmy tarsier info sheet, in case you run across one on your way to work! Click to enlarge.

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Tarsius pumilus takes careful mental note to bite all these a$$holes when they let him go.

Thanks to Liz Carter, Taylor Schreiber and Kangatron for the tips.

Comments

#1 Christie
November 19, 2008

The little gremlin bit one of the guys, too – LOL. Damn right he’s not amused!
#2 Hilary Minor
November 19, 2008

I think his name is Henry!
#3 Ian
November 20, 2008

Furby? Nonsense! This is a young relative of Jabba the Hut.
#4 Mad Hussein LOLScientist, FCD
November 20, 2008

It’s Little Fuzzy! Ghost of H. Beam Piper, please call your office.
#5 Alan
November 20, 2008

Pretty cool
#6 Ray
November 20, 2008

The creepiest thing in this picture is that guy’s hand… Bring on the nightmares!
#7 sesli chat
November 25, 2008

selam tskler
#8 georg
March 19, 2009

those guy are our ancestors and deserve respect. I would like 2 own one but they need to stay in their own habitat… i would never tear down trees with little cute furry things in them.. ashamed becuz my friend kemal from indo probably evolved from those dudes LOL
#9 andy
July 22, 2010

It looks like a gremlin!!! so cute
#10 Evden Eve Nakliyat
April 7, 2011

ne kadar güzel gözlerı var ne kadar şirin
#11 Evden Eve Nakliyat Fiyatları
April 7, 2011

bunların adına araştırma yapan tüm insanlara teşkür edyorum
#12 açılır çatı
June 17, 2011

Hmm, I have a pompom crab in my aquarium… so I don’t think I’d call it a new species… heh.
#13 cambalkon
June 17, 2011

While my colleagues and I have enjoyed looking around Mozilla Labs, we couldn’t help but notice how closely the test tube image at the top of this blog post resembles a used condom. It had us all rather confused for quite a while.
#14 av tüfekleri
June 17, 2011

one of them was THE driving force behind its popularity. They both made a contribution even if they were different contributions.
#15 otomatik av tüfekleri
June 18, 2011

its popularity. They both made a contribution even if they were different contributions.
#16 kıyma makinası
June 18, 2011

Those are some pretty critters. I’m just so glad that Inverts are finally getting their due. Thank you E.O. Wilson.
#17 köfte makinası
June 18, 2011

You clearly are not familiar with the most recent dollar fluctuations current facetious exchange rate.
#18 hamburger makinası
June 18, 2011

I have seen that unidentified crab before. He was in one of my nightmares. Jesus that thing is freaky.
#19 kuşbaşı makinası
June 18, 2011

The fact that you define Western science as science itself proves, I Bennett’s point.
#20 kuşbaşı doğrama makinası
June 18, 2011

Wow. Evolution can do such great stuff–despite the fact that it has neither form nor intelligence.
#21 epoksi zemin kaplama
June 18, 2011

Although they dropped the ball on naming the ‘Common Hairy Crab.’ I don’t know how you can look at something like that and make that judgement–IT’S HAIRY. And TERRIFYING.
#22 cambalkon
June 18, 2011

Evolution is something that just happens. The animals that had traits better suited to survival in this environment lived long enough to pass on these traits to their offspring. In many instances, one of these traits it something that is referred to as ‘camouflage’.
#23 ayak kokusuna son
June 18, 2011

Ayak Kokusu Sorunu, öncelikle özgüven kaybı başta olmak üzere insanda pek çok sosyal ve psikolojik sorunların oluşmasına neden olan sebeplerin başında gelmektedir. Foot Care’in özel formülü sayesinde bu probleminiz artık sizi üzmeyecek…
#24 kemik kesme
June 18, 2011

BTW, PatriotG, the planet will go on on and for many, many millenia. Possibly a few billion years. Well after man disappears from the face of the earth.
#25 kemik testeresi
June 18, 2011

It is my opinion that any of us just about all have a home in an enormous amount of causality, one thing location, because well as other human beings not to mention stuff will likely be altered.
#26 cambalkon
June 18, 2011

I’ll take 50 pairs please. I’ll harness them all and have them pull me around on a chariot. That would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
#27 yılmazlar et
June 18, 2011

Hmm, I have a pompom crab in my aquarium… so I don’t think I’d call it a new species… heh.
#28 cambalkon
June 18, 2011

I moved to New Mexico 6 years ago and it really is a bit like [quote: Bill Bennett] a “previously unknown new world,” at least to someone from Connecticut.
#29 alüminyum
July 9, 2011

Still, nanotech needs to be investigated by independent researchers before “sold” to the public. Haven’t corporations learnt anything from the GMO debate when Monsanto thought they could sell their patented seeds to the entire World, for profit.
#30 ankara.net
July 19, 2011

Yine de, nanoteknoloji halka “satılan” önce bağımsız araştırmacılar tarafından araştırılmış olması gerekiyor. Monsanto, kar için, tüm dünya için patentli tohumların satabilir düşünce şirketlerin GDO tartışmanın bir şey öğrendim var
#31 ukrayna vizesi
July 25, 2011

deerf
#32 fazryx
November 19, 2011

hello, salam kenal ya
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June 6, 2012

i like it, so cute
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June 8, 2012

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July 1, 2012

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