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November 19, 2008 6:35 PM

Believed to be extincted, the pygmy tarsier has recently resurfaced in a rain forest in Indonesia. More pictures here and video here.
posted by MaryDellamorte (22 comments total)

I suggest that they keep them away from bright light, not get them wet and, most importantly, do not feed them after midnight!
posted by MaryDellamorte at 6:45 PM on November 19, 2008 [3 favorites]

Hooray!
posted by ageispolis at 6:45 PM on November 19, 2008

Neato! Thanks Mary.
posted by netbros at 6:46 PM on November 19, 2008

I need one of those lil' duders for my shirt pocket.
posted by The Straightener at 6:56 PM on November 19, 2008

You made this post just to make the Gremlins joke didn't you?

Oh gog, according to the second link they are going to be this Christmas's must have toy! I'm going to see those hands from the third link in my dreams tonight.

Neat post.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:57 PM on November 19, 2008

I saw this the other day and was sure it was a joke, but no. I can't decide whether they're adorable or horrifying or both.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 6:59 PM on November 19, 2008

Heh. "Lil' duders." That's just the right thing to call them. :token squeal:
posted by nosila at 7:08 PM on November 19, 2008

I hope their history does not now mirror that of the okapi. After the okapi were rediscovered zoos everywhere tried to keep them and it resulted in a lot of okapi dying until they got it right.

The lil' duders are very cute. I love the grouchy looking animals.
posted by winna at 7:14 PM on November 19, 2008

I dunno, they look rather hideous to me. Can they go back where they came from and never return?
posted by Captaintripps at 7:18 PM on November 19, 2008

Awesome. They taste great!
posted by stargell at 7:26 PM on November 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

extincted - that would be the past tense would it?
posted by CDHJ at 7:36 PM on November 19, 2008

I could have sworn I put "extinct" and not "extincted."
posted by MaryDellamorte at 7:51 PM on November 19, 2008

You did, but that's what happens when you feed them too late.
posted by netbros at 7:59 PM on November 19, 2008

Is extincted correct grammar in this case?
posted by MaryDellamorte at 8:01 PM on November 19, 2008

De-extinctified. Whoo hoo!
Maybe we should send Sharon Gursky-Doyen to Tasmania. Or the island of Mauritius - maybe there's a dodo in the bushes.
posted by Lesser Shrew at 9:07 PM on November 19, 2008

Gee, they've got some teeth on them. Tarsier wallpaper.
posted by tellurian at 9:27 PM on November 19, 2008

Wallpaper site is playing games with referrer headers. Cut-n-paste the links by hand.
posted by ryanrs at 11:46 PM on November 19, 2008

Yikes, tellurian! Your 'teeth' image chased away any cyooty-pooty response I might have had to this critter. Paging Goya to the Primate House Reception Area....
posted by maryh at 12:52 AM on November 20, 2008

Metafilter : I actually broke my fibula walking around there
posted by mannequito at 4:27 AM on November 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

The picture to the teeth link isn't a pygmy tarsier.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 6:17 AM on November 20, 2008

Aww, Daddy loves his horrible wittle humoncoli!
posted by The Whelk at 8:15 AM on November 20, 2008

Oh, so that's what nocturnal means! We were looking for them while it was light out...
posted by Mental Wimp at 2:26 PM on November 20, 2008