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Tarsier

            To protect tarsiers in their native environment (with reference to Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia), we need to preserve the existing forests. In particular, certain species of figs and a few particular species of forest trees (these are giant trees, over 30 metres tall) must be conserved as a "Complete Symbiotic Package" to ensure the right micro-habitats are holistically safe-guarded for the very sensitive, highly-vulnerable, and small-sized tarsiers. As a result of the dynamic interactions between the stranggling fig and the host tree, interesting cavities are formed within these giant forest trees' trunks and the aerial stem/roots of the fig tree(s). The little tarsiers live in these cavities! In addition, I am concerned about the increasingly use of pesticides (of nearby farms and plantations, adjacent to the forest reserves) that targets agricultural insect pests, which ironically form a great part of the tarsiers' diet. We do indeed have a complex task ahead of us in order to protect this wonderful small primate!
   

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Taken on: September 7, 2009

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tarsier”

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Camera: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C5050Z, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 21.3mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C5050Z
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	21.3mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000
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