Real-life Furbys rediscovered

Some experts feared that Indonesia's pygmy tarsier was extinct Texas A&M A pygmy tarsier, captured this summer on Indonesia's Mount Rorekatimbo, hardly makes a handful. Some scientists had thought the species was extinct. By Alan Boyle Science editor msnbc.com updated 2:01 p.m. ET Nov. 18, 2008 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. 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. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27786771/?GT1=43001  View related photos var hasRelatedPhotos = 'false';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var vRPL = document.getElementById("viewRelatedPhotosLink");if (vRPL!=undefined) vRPL.style.display = "";var vLRPG = document.getElementById("linkRelatedPhotos");var vLIRPG = document.getElementById("linkImgRelatedPhotos");if (vLRPG) {if(vLIRPG) vLIRPG.href=vLRPG.href;}}