Bush Babies

Motoring around the Chocolate Hills on the Philippine island of Bohol, I searched far and wide for the rumored Bush Babies. Not the whining, alcoholic daughters of the current US President, but rather the animal currently recognized as the world’s smallest monkey. At a height of less than 5 inches (excluding tail), the Tarsier’s most prominent feature is its huge eyes. Each eye is larger than its entire brain, and nearly twice the size of a human’s.

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