Real-life Furbys rediscovered, page 1

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A primate species that looks like a living, breathing version of the Furby electronic toy has been found alive in the forested highlands of an Indonesian island for the first time in more than 70 years, scientists announced Tuesday.

Well, it turns out that this species of pygmy tarsier isn't extinct like some primatologists believed. Kind of a cute lil' bugger too.



Interesting traits include the presence of claws instead of the nails found on most primates, and their seemingly absent method(s) of communication (no observed habits of territorial scent marking, and what seems to be an absence of humanly-audible vocalizations).

Anyways, it's always nice to hear about life finding a way even when we humans have written it off.

reply to post by redmage

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I need a breeding colony if these ,I'm glad they aren't extinct but fear that now that we have rediscovered them they will be

those are so cute

reply to post by redmage

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Those guys are too much, heh. They should be bred as pets. Don't get water on them or feed em after midnight, though, or they transform:


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reply to post by redmage

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I always wonder, when I see the researcher holding the animals, why they don't have huge bite marks on them or why the animals are not constantly biting (even when the camera flashes).

Then I look a couple fingers down and see the claw holes and the wonder goes away.

Maybe the animals are tranquilized to a degree.

Gorgeous creature! I can see these being huge in the pet world. That's one way to bring them back in population, after one or two litters are bred. Just the fact that the animal isn't in the process of trying to kill the man is a good sign that they might be pretty docile.

Goodbye hamsters, hello real world furbies.

reply to post by Nox Vulpes

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What is that freaky little animal pictured in your post?
LOL
How cute is that!

Glad the wee lil *Furbies* are back!

Thanks for the post.

I wonder if he will look like stripe when he grows up???






[edit on 19-11-2008 by afaik]

reply to post by silo13

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That little dude is an Aye Aye. Weird creatures, eh?

en.wikipedia.org...

Pretty strange stuff in the "Superstition and public controversy" section of the article...

[edit on 19-11-2008 by Nox Vulpes]

[edit on 19-11-2008 by Nox Vulpes]

reply to post by emmy

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The last pic in your post was my old profile pic. It was removed because it was too big. So now I use the one to the left. I love tarsiers.

And to the person who said they could be kept as pets- when I researched them I found out that many of them kill themselves if kept in captivity. So unless someone somewhere has a natural habitat in which to breed them and let them live as animals they should not be kept as pets.

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emmy....emmy emmy emmy.....shouldn't we be loving of all of God's creatures? even the little ugly ones?

reply to post by GetOutOfMyRabbitHole

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but....but....but....they kill themselves?! I is rather sad just now... booo! poor little cretins...

And midnight. Yeah, still gotta love 'em, but damn that one has eyes way too big for his head

Originally posted by Nox Vulpes
reply to post by redmage

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Those guys are too much, heh. They should be bred as pets. Don't get water on them or feed em after midnight, though, or they transform:


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Ha Ha great post-as freaky critters go, this ones a hoot!

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