Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

[kodokbuntingz]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists for the first time in more than eight decades have observed a living pygmy tarsier, one of the planet's smallest and rarest primates.

Over a two-month period, the scientists used nets to trap three furry, mouse-sized pygmy tarsiers -- two males and one female -- on Mt. Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in central Sulawesi, the researchers said on Tuesday.

They spotted a fourth one that got away.

The tarsiers, which some scientists believed were extinct, may not have been overly thrilled to be found. One of them chomped Sharon Gursky-Doyen, a Texas A&M University professor of anthropology who took part in the expedition.

"I'm the only person in the world to ever be bitten by a pygmy tarsier," Gursky-Doyen said in a telephone interview.

"My assistant was trying to hold him still while I was attaching a radio collar around its neck. It's very hard to hold them because they can turn their heads around 180 degrees. As I'm trying to close the radio collar, he turned his head and nipped my finger. And I yanked it and I was bleeding."


source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081118/...mate_indonesia

Imut amat binatangnye

[andrew_sheva]

sejenis kera ya?
ditemukan di puncak gunung sulawesi?
berarti suhu rendah dong hidupnya

digigit jadi kenapa ya

[-x3-Andi77077]

imut dah

barusan gw juga baca di yahoo

primata yg hilang selama 80 tahun

tu jenisnya apa ya?

[Siaunen2]

Ups dengan ditemukannya spesies langka gitu, berarti membuktikan bahwa indonesia masih memiliki pedalaman yang belum terjamah kerusakan lingkungan. Lestarikan pedalaman dan ekosistem yang ada d indonesia untuk menunjukan KEAGUNGAN INDONESIA, meskipun indonesia juga memiliki banyak ekosistem yang terancam
Top Gan!

[-cLov.]

indonesia kan emank kya bgt..
di papua ajah bnyk lho daerah yg blon dieksplorasi..

btw tuh imud bgt..
kcil2 cabe rawit..

[Menara_Jakarta]

Biodiversitas Indonesia memang bagaikan zamrud khatulistiwa, peran kita semua untuk melestarikannya.

[kucinkz]

lo itu kan kuskus....mamalia berkantung yg plg kecil...aktivitas mlm hari..kalo siang bobo...habitatnya emang d sulawesi...tp ktnya ampir punah gara2 sering di buru anak muda sono cuman buat cemilan sambil mabok2an.... piff....stupid emang

http://kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/0....turun.drastis

[JasonBlake]

wow , nice ..

[Shinzo_Dame]

weuih loco2 ^^

sep2 masih ad jg binatang langka @_@"

BRB Buru TIny wkwkwkkw

[kawllra_edo]

lo itu kan kuskus....mamalia berkantung yg plg kecil...aktivitas mlm hari..kalo siang bobo...habitatnya emang d sulawesi...tp ktnya ampir punah gara2 sering di buru anak muda sono cuman buat cemilan sambil mabok2an.... piff....stupid emang

http://kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/0....turun.drastis

anak mana tuh?

pedalaman?

qlo pedlaman emank isa mabok2aN?

bingung -.-

[Andaman_Nikobar]

bukti Indonesia adalah zamrud khatulistiwa, ayo lestarikan!