It’s a sad but true story... Approximately
three weeks ago we ve discovered that one of our Tarsiers looks a bit different
and is lacking of one eye! Quite fast gained a new name – Pirate. At the
beginning we weren’t sure if it will survive in a natural environment. A little
tarsier has to hunt for most of the night thus it needs to be in a perfect
shape. This primate has to be a great hunter in order to catch a big amount of
insects. Apparently our pirate is doing well enough, has survived those past weeks
and is getting better now.
A
‘huggable looking’ tarsier at day time,
is a great predator at night time! What is surprising, tarsiers can fight with
each other, first of all – for the territory, second of all – for the females!
And mating season is on now… The two males while fighting in order to charm a
female can even kill each other! Cruel but real natural environment is not for
the weak ones… But our pirate doesn’t have any other scarves or injuries which
rather occur right after the fight. Which leads to another theory, it could be
just a bad accident or a big beetle bite.
Kamila
