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November 22, 2008: Gremlins
No, not this kind of Gremlin. 
No, not this kind either.
This kind of Gremlin...
OK, it's not scientifically a Gremlin, it's a Pygmy Tarsier.
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Three specimens of the pygmy tarsier, a nocturnal creature about the size of a small mouse, were trapped and tracked this summer on Mount Rorekatimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Texas A&M University reported. Before this year, only three specimens had ever been collected, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Two were found in 1916 and 1930. The third was a dead pygmy tarsier that Indonesian scientists found in a rat trap on Mount Rorekatimbo in 2000. That motivated primatologists to intensify their search for a live specimen of the species, "but none of them were able to find it," Gursky-Doyen said. |
monster Saturday Nov 22 04:59 PM
Gremlins need to be put in blenders. Or microwaves.
madepiphany Saturday Nov 22 05:03 PM
cutest damn infestation ever.
TheMercenary Saturday Nov 22 05:22 PM
Ugliest damm car, ever. The only one with equal ugliness, The Pacer.
limey Saturday Nov 22 05:42 PM
I think the car's cute, too!
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Nov 22 05:47 PM
I agree, mine was red with a black stripe.
jinx Saturday Nov 22 07:13 PM
Bruce, your gremlin #2 up there is a actually a Mogwai.... he hasn't been fed after midnight yet.
amykins Saturday Nov 22 08:36 PM
I guess what freaks me out is the fact that their eyes are so huge... and the rest of their face is teeeny tiny. Eeeeeeeeh... And not to mention the weird 'fur'. 
footfootfoot Saturday Nov 22 08:39 PM
Or this
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Nov 22 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jinx
Bruce, your gremlin #2 up there is a actually a Mogwai.... he hasn't been fed after midnight yet.
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Been 20-something years since I saw it.ZenGum Saturday Nov 22 09:25 PM
There are plenty of uglier cars than that, in my opinion, but naming it the "gremlin" ... as in mischievous imp that screws with the inner workings of something ... duh.
Sundae Sunday Nov 23 08:24 AM
One of the pygmy tarsiers caught took a good old chomp out of the catcher's finger. Which makes me think they are smart little critters and just good at hiding.
Trilby Sunday Nov 23 09:07 AM
reminds me of Leela's pet, "Nibbler"
mizzie Sunday Nov 23 09:28 AM
| Three specimens of the pygmy tarsier, a nocturnal creature about the size of a small mouse |
Trilby Sunday Nov 23 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mizzie
Ok, looking at the size of the animal compaired to the hand holding it? That's one REALLY HUGE mouse! If that's the size of a "small mouse", how big are the mice in that area?
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The mice in that area are GIGANTIC, that's what Mount Rorekatimbo means: Mountain of the Gigantic Mice.
Gravdigr Sunday Nov 23 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by amykins
I guess what freaks me out is the fact that their eyes are so huge...
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SquidGirl Sunday Nov 23 10:59 AM
Awww...the Tarsier is soo cute. In a freakish mouse kinda way. Looks so soft, too. Do they make Tarsier muffs...if so, where can I find one? Or is that considered inhumane and PETA will throw paint on me?
SPUCK Monday Nov 24 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SquidGirl
ADo they make Tarsier muffs...if so, where can I find one? Or is that considered inhumane and PETA will throw paint on me?
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Yeah, especially when you make them out of both Tarsiers...
Gravdigr Tuesday Nov 25 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SquidGirl
Do they make Tarsier muffs...if so, where can I find one?
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Cyber Wolf Tuesday Nov 25 11:50 AM
Well there's some resounding proof that there are aliens among us... sort of... we just got the skin wrong... 
Shawnee123 Tuesday Nov 25 12:24 PM
Tarsier Puffs? Great appetizer!
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