Pygmy Tarsier: Don't call me a Furby

In what is possibly the cutest scientific discovery ever, researchers from Texas A&M University discovered a small group of pygmy tarsiers, a rare breed of primates that look an awful lot like Gremlins. Some say they look like Furby's, but those things have and always will be, annoying as all hell. So I'll go with Gremlins.




Sharon Gursky-Doyen of Texas A&M and student Nanda Grow set out in August of 2008 to look for the tiny creatures on Mount Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. They chose that exact place because in 2000, two Indonesian scientists accidentally trapped and killed a pygmy tarsier. Other than that, the last time one of these elusive creatures had been spotted was in the 1920s.

In 2008, two males and a female pygmy tarsier were fitted with tracking devices. Through the radio collars, the researchers learned that the pygmy tarsiers use their legs to hop across the treetops. They hope to gather more information through studying the creatures. Perhaps we'll find out if they are offended over being compared to Furbys?

The research was funded bythe Primate Conservation Incorporated, Conservation International Primate Action Fund, Texas A and National Geographic Society.

New Puppy!

New addition to my menagerie of animals! This is "Oliver," he is a Pomeranian. In his spare time he pretends he is a horse and enjoys giving rides to Barbie her friends. (He just had a haircut, we can only handle so much fluff.)

Humane Society Loves Obama, Palin the Wants Animals Dead

The Humane Society has endorsed Barack Obama. They have NEVER endorsed a presidential candidate.
Is it any wonder?

Obama has supported at least a dozen animal protection laws including stronger penalties for animal cruelty, helping to promote spaying an neutering (no abstinence only animals) and banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Obama cosponsored several bills to combat brutal animal fighting and supports efforts to increase funding for the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act, and federal laws to combat puppy mills.

In Contrast:

• Cruella de Palin offered $150 for every left leg of a dead wolf as an economic incentive for pilots and aerial gunners

• Cruella de Palin opposes listing polar bears as endangered species

• Cruella de Palin opposed listing the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale as an endangered species

• Loves the feeling she gets when shooting her rifle into the heart of a moose, then eating its flesh

• Says she doesn't wear fur...but there is proof otherwise

• Childhood home is filled with dead animals kept as trophies

For someone so "filled with the spirit" and promoting the "culture of life" she sure does come across as kind of barbaric don't you think?
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