The world’s smallest monkey

Today I had a chance to visit the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary, a protected area to safeguard one of Bohol’s most fragile residents: the Tarsier, the world’s smallest monkey. And really cute, too! Apparently this is the creature that Stephen Spielberg based “E.T.” on. Unfortunately these tiny animals are threatened due to the destruction of their habitat, although some greater environmental awareness is slowly emerging. If you ever do go to Bohol to see the tarsiers, be sure to go to this location in Corella: the animals are in their natural habitat, rather than in cages, and are still really easy to see nevertheless (they are not shy, and don’t move around much during the day).