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.
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.
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.
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Comments
The little gremlin bit one of the guys, too - LOL. Damn right he's not amused!
Posted by: Christie | November 19, 2008 1:18 PM
I think his name is Henry!
Posted by: Hilary Minor | November 19, 2008 5:30 PM
Furby? Nonsense! This is a young relative of Jabba the Hut.
Posted by: Ian | November 20, 2008 7:43 AM
It's Little Fuzzy! Ghost of H. Beam Piper, please call your office.
Posted by: Mad Hussein LOLScientist, FCD | November 20, 2008 12:29 PM
Pretty cool :)
Posted by: Alan | November 20, 2008 12:37 PM
The creepiest thing in this picture is that guy's hand... Bring on the nightmares!
Posted by: Ray | November 20, 2008 1:25 PM
selam tskler
Posted by: sesli chat | November 25, 2008 4:00 PM
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
Posted by: georg | March 19, 2009 1:05 AM
It looks like a gremlin!!! so cute
Posted by: andy | July 22, 2010 8:43 PM
ne kadar güzel gözlerı var ne kadar şirin
Posted by: Evden Eve Nakliyat | April 7, 2011 11:18 AM
bunların adına araştırma yapan tüm insanlara teşkür edyorum
Posted by: Evden Eve Nakliyat Fiyatları | April 7, 2011 11:21 AM
Hmm, I have a pompom crab in my aquarium... so I don't think I'd call it a new species... heh.
Posted by: açılır çatı | June 17, 2011 4:27 PM
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.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 17, 2011 4:34 PM
one of them was THE driving force behind its popularity. They both made a contribution even if they were different contributions.
Posted by: av tüfekleri | June 17, 2011 5:25 PM
its popularity. They both made a contribution even if they were different contributions.
Posted by: otomatik av tüfekleri | June 18, 2011 3:47 AM
Those are some pretty critters. I'm just so glad that Inverts are finally getting their due. Thank you E.O. Wilson.
Posted by: kıyma makinası | June 18, 2011 5:51 AM
You clearly are not familiar with the most recent dollar fluctuations current facetious exchange rate.
Posted by: köfte makinası | June 18, 2011 5:56 AM
I have seen that unidentified crab before. He was in one of my nightmares. Jesus that thing is freaky.
Posted by: hamburger makinası | June 18, 2011 6:04 AM
The fact that you define Western science as science itself proves, I Bennett's point.
Posted by: kuşbaşı makinası | June 18, 2011 6:12 AM
Wow. Evolution can do such great stuff--despite the fact that it has neither form nor intelligence.
Posted by: kuşbaşı doğrama makinası | June 18, 2011 6:16 AM
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.
Posted by: epoksi zemin kaplama | June 18, 2011 2:10 PM
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'.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 2:19 PM
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...
Posted by: ayak kokusuna son | June 18, 2011 2:22 PM
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.
Posted by: kemik kesme | June 18, 2011 2:27 PM
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.
Posted by: kemik testeresi | June 18, 2011 2:35 PM
I'll take 50 pairs please. I'll harness them all and have them pull me around on a chariot. That would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 2:47 PM
Hmm, I have a pompom crab in my aquarium... so I don't think I'd call it a new species... heh.
Posted by: yılmazlar et | June 18, 2011 2:53 PM
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.
Posted by: cambalkon | June 18, 2011 3:04 PM
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.
Posted by: alüminyum | July 9, 2011 6:10 PM
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
Posted by: ankara.net | July 19, 2011 3:27 AM
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Posted by: ukrayna vizesi | July 25, 2011 7:04 AM
hello, salam kenal ya
Posted by: fazryx | November 19, 2011 10:45 AM