Post by youcantry on May 3, 2008 21:08:19 GMT 10
Wow!
Today I was reading Heuvelmann's tome and in it he mentions tarsirs. For the uninitiated, these are the tiniest of primates, from the Philippines - and the most carnivorous of all primates, actually.
They have *really big* eyes (see:
But Heuvelmann mentions that they can long jump up to 2 metres and high jump up to 2 feet. For a hand-sized biter, that's astonishing.
To see what I mean, check out this video ... at the 47 second mark you'll see the tarsir absolutely fly - and hit its mark dead on:
You have to check out these two videos - these guys are amazing.
Today I was reading Heuvelmann's tome and in it he mentions tarsirs. For the uninitiated, these are the tiniest of primates, from the Philippines - and the most carnivorous of all primates, actually.
They have *really big* eyes (see:
But Heuvelmann mentions that they can long jump up to 2 metres and high jump up to 2 feet. For a hand-sized biter, that's astonishing.
To see what I mean, check out this video ... at the 47 second mark you'll see the tarsir absolutely fly - and hit its mark dead on:
You have to check out these two videos - these guys are amazing.
