Nov 19 2008Furbies Not Extinct After All, Still Delicious
Pygmy Tarsiers, now to be referred to only by their scientific name Uglyas Shite, were once thought to be extinct. Well think again!
Pygmy tarsiers rank among the rarest of the many tarsier species in Asia and the Pacific -- and in fact some primatologists had written them off as extinct.They have the distinctive, big-eyed look often associated with Furbys, gremlin-like talking toys that were popular in the late 1990s. Compared with the robotic Furbys, however, the real animals' dimensions are seriously downsized: They typically measure less than 4 inches (105 mm) from head to tail, with most of that length being tail. They weigh less than 2 ounces. And unlike Furbys, they hardly ever vocalize.
That thing does not look like a Furby. It looks like an alien with hair. And miniature human hands. ;) Can I get an amen? Anybody? Okay, how about a high five? Geez, what's with you people today? Well how about one of you club me in the back of the head and th
UPDATE: Ugh, my brain feels mushy. How long was I out for? Thanks a lot whoever you were, I should have known somebody would jump at the chance to brain the poor Geekologie Writer. Oh -- and who said anything about teabagging? I taste hair.
Real-life Furbys rediscovered [msnbc]
Thanks to Furbalicious, Chris, Kathryn, and Kevin, who, for the tips, each receive a coupon for a free pygmy tarsier. Try them with BBQ!
Reader Comments
1. Steemo! - November 19, 2008 12:02 PM
Frist First Firts!
Or not.
2. Leppy - November 19, 2008 12:02 PM
SECOND
and thats creepy
3. Steemo! - November 19, 2008 12:02 PM
I was!
4. Hannukah Montana - November 19, 2008 12:14 PM
Since we found furbies. Now, on to the Gremlins. Then leprechauns...
5. claire - November 19, 2008 12:19 PM
I want one.
6. Hunter - November 19, 2008 12:21 PM
I thought I shat that f***er out YEARS ago...
7. saduyajev jerbowitz - November 19, 2008 12:23 PM
We found wookies in southern Indiana!
http://blogs.indiewire.com/reverseshot/archives/wookies.jpg
http://cellar.org/2006/albinopygmymarmoset.jpg
8. Matthew - November 19, 2008 12:25 PM
Uglyas Shite f***ing hilarious!
9. I'm a Computer - November 19, 2008 12:28 PM
those are the creatures in the televators video. someone buttf*** me if im wrong but i think those little guys are known to commit suicide when they're in captivity due to stress.
(televators video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bJIQNo34hY
10. Daisy - November 19, 2008 12:33 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its fake bacause the shadow's are all wrong.
This is a lot like the cover of Max's UNIX book from the scene where Baja made the suggestive nutshell comment in the movie Never Back Down.
11. Gizmoduck - November 19, 2008 12:44 PM
where is my PEW PEW PEW gun?!!
12. Brittany - November 19, 2008 12:52 PM
Thats funny bc www.playusout.com has the stories before your website does
13. bigtunes - November 19, 2008 1:20 PM
Daisy, Tarsiers are real. Nice try though! And nice use of references, you get some points for that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsiers
14. Voom! - November 19, 2008 1:26 PM
They're so cuuuuuute! I just hope Paris Hilton doesn't get her grubby hands on one...
15. Mcfeely Smackup - November 19, 2008 1:36 PM
as tiresome as Daisy's "never back down" references have become, it's still funny when someone doesn't get the joke.
Bigtunes, this Bud's for you...
16. Julian - November 19, 2008 1:48 PM
That thing does look f***ing delicious. Looks like a combination of a lemming, a teddy bear and satan. it should go down smooth with a beer and a sippy cup of pig's blood.
17. kgjdrkrkh - November 19, 2008 1:54 PM
to daisy: SHUT THE #%&^ UP.
those little tarsiers are such cute little alien primates! and they do not look like furbies. speaking of furbies, THEY ARE SO ANNOYING. they never shut up! (just like daisy!)
18. rainbowcinderellageek - November 19, 2008 2:15 PM
I want one! But the noise it makes is so annoying!!! Soooo maybe just the picture will be ok.
19. NES--still-the-best - November 19, 2008 2:30 PM
Kind of cute, but the alien-looking eyes are a little creepy. This is what the lovechild of Gizmo and one of those aliens from "Communion" would look like.
20. Josh Boyd - November 19, 2008 4:11 PM
that thing looks like brian peppers
21. mike - November 19, 2008 4:11 PM
i'm buggin out at the guy who is holding that thing. look at his freaky sausage fingers.
22. claire - November 19, 2008 5:47 PM
@13-- you must be new here.
23. Pat - November 19, 2008 8:33 PM
@14 That geezer's got grubby hands hasn't he?
24. I Search of Toiletpaper - November 19, 2008 10:20 PM
Awww......
Thats soooooooo cute!
I'd love to BBQ one for lunch tomorrow.
But seriously, there the most adorable f***ing thins I've ever seen.
25. Ema - November 20, 2008 12:50 AM
According to the recent MSN article, they do not make noise...... thus it cannot be annoying. =)
'Unlike other tarsier species — including the species that live farther down the mountainside — the pygmy tarsiers don't seem to call to each other or mark their territory with a musky scent. "How are pygmy tarsiers communicating with one another if they're not doing it through vocalizations or scent marking?" Gursky-Doyen asked.
One clue came when the scientists saw a tarsier open its mouth in the wild. "It looked like it might be vocalizing, but I couldn't hear anything," Gursky-Doyen said.'
26. Ema - November 20, 2008 12:51 AM
Unless you were talking about the actual Furby toy... those can make some annoying noises...
27. JSTFU - November 20, 2008 2:47 AM
You do with tarsiers what your society... has done with all of nature's gifts. You do not understand. You are not ready.
28. Tina - November 20, 2008 4:35 AM
I want!!!!! If only he sang like gizmo.... I'd pay, like... at least 40 bucks. But don't get him wet or let him eat after midnight (eastern time? central?)
And yea, not a fan of the sausage fingers...
29. chris sesock - November 20, 2008 9:05 AM
i...hate...furbies....
they say bad things to me.
30. Thumperchica - November 20, 2008 10:04 AM
I want one, but I'm pretty sure I would wake up to the lil furball digging through my ribcage to eat my heart. *ponders giving one to her ex...*
31. mr quackums - November 21, 2008 2:59 AM
@4: the leprechauns have been found. one made its way to alabama a few years ago. here's the proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nQaUmTsrGw
32. CaptainJugglebug - November 21, 2008 7:44 PM
CUTE