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Philippine tarsier
Tarsius syrichta
- Human eyes would have to be the size of grapefruits to match tarsier eye proportions.
- If humans could leap as well as tarsiers, it would be like jumping over about 5 double decker buses.
- Tarsiers are the world鈥檚 only entirely carnivorous primates.
- Named after their specialised ankle bone - tarsals.
- New science has shown tarsiers communicate using ultrasonic alarm calls which are pitched on a special tarsier frequency.
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Spring loaded ambush predator
The gremlin like Philippine tarsier hunts insects under the cover of night.
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