Tarsier Eating a Grasshopper (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tarsier Eating a Grasshopper

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A spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on a grasshopper in Tangkoko National Park, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tarsiers have five chitinase genes to digest the high amount of chitin in their insectivorous diet, which likely represents the ancestral condition of all placental animals, including humans.

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Quentin Martinez

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