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Hello everybody! Happy #monday! throwing back some Photo taken from fb of PTFI guide Sheila. :) #tarsiersanctuary#corellatarsier#tarsierfoundation#ptfi
Helping comes in many forms such as visiting us in our tarsier sanctuary in Corella, taking a photo a uploading in on any social media with "Corellatarsier" "tarsierfoundation"… Spread the love! Gratitude to all! :)
Fruits Trees from Tzu Chi
“To help preserve the world’s smallest primate” and the Mother Earth as a whole.”-excerpts from Tzu Chi Foundation
Last October 22, 2016, Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Corella Tarsier Sanctuary got a wonderful visit from Tzu Chi Foundation. The visit was primarily for biodiversity support of the Tarsier Sanctuary by planting close to 140 insect host plants which are basically fruit trees.
The fruit trees would attract insects such as beetles and grasshoppers which are the ideal food for tarsiers… not fruit and certainly not worms! Not matter how mega or superworm they are. Or no matter how cultured those maybe.
Plus the Tarsiers health primarily rests on their need to hunt and that means allowing them to roam for more than 1 kilometer every night to catch live insects. That is why caging them would never work! And claims of breeding them in a 20 meter square area is just simple–IMPOSSIBLE! 🙂
Tarsier population in Corella is growing and therefore the need for insects too is increasing, and these fruit trees are a GREAT HELP.
Sad But True: Other tarsier sites in Bohol (because tarsiers scattered all over Bohol) are experiencing a decrease in tarsier numbers so much since the areas too have tarsier viewing facilities which are simply for profit no matter how fancy they call themselves be and tarsiers just aren’t happy with mahogany trees.
Thank you Tzu Chi for the warm support. May the world be filled with amazing humans like you.
From Spain to #Tarsierfoundation! thank you guys for visiting us and thanks Clowie, our very own part-time field guide (currently a tourism student) for keeping the things fun and positive!#corella#philippinetarsierfoundation #tarsier#ptfiguests
We are now OPEN!!! :)#tarsier#corella#ptfi#ptfiguests #tarsierfoundation
gues who visited?:) #goodmorning#tarsiersanctuarybohol #ptfi#ptfiguests
Getting Here
Via Public Transport:
- From Seaport or Airport get into a tricycle and tell driver to take you to Sikatuna Jeepney Terminal (This is right infront of Island City Mall). Fare is P100.00 per tricycle.
- From Sikatuna Jeepney Terminal, get into a Jeepney bound to Sikatuna via Corella. (Just anybody there which jeepney passes by Philippine Tarsier Foundation. )This jeepney drops you off to Philippine Tarsier Foundation. Fare is P17.00. Tell the driver of the jeepney that you are headed to Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella.
- Upon arrival there is a huge signage and rough road, take it and walk for 300 meters to the Research Building where you will pay P150.00 entrance fee and have a guide to show you around the sanctuary and where to see the tarsiers.
- Going Back, just take a jeepney headed to Tagbilaran. And yes it is safe to hitch hike here. Fare is P15.00 for jeepney.
Via Tricycle:
- From Airport or seaport or anywhere in Tagbilaran City, take a tricycle and ask driver to take you to Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella One way is P150 per tricycle, round trip is P500 when driver waits for you.
Via Car:
- Make sure to contact a trusted travel agency. Tell them to take you to Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella. Fare is P500 per car and P1,000 round trip from Tagbilaran City.
Feel free to contact us to arrange car for you.
IMPORTANT:
- Bring Rain Coat- weather is unpredictable. The Sanctuary is in the center of forest so rain comes often than in other parts of the island.
- You can put on some insect repellent
- They have  a documentary video there. If you have free time, you be happy to watch it.
Spreading the Tarsier Love with NOSTE and HNU
NOTSE- a National Organization of Science Teachers and Educators held their 2016 NOSTE International Research and Seminar Workshop in Cebu with a day in Bohol where in Philippine Tarsier Foundation was their main site tour last October 9.
Before the brief tour to the Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella, the manager of the Tarsier Foundation was made to do a 30 minute Tarsier Education Talk and campaign for tarsier conservation which was the highlight of the October 9 event held in Nursing Skills Laboratory, HNU.
The event was participated by Science Teachers all over the Philippines and a representative from Guam and Malaysia and all expressed their love for the Tarsiers.
Want to spread the word? Want us to be part of your event? Send us a message and let’s collaborate!
Hero of the Tarsiers
I am so delighted that finally my article Hero of the Tarsiers, featuring the tarsier man Carlito Pizarras, has been published in Highlights, a children’s magazine, last March 2014.  It was a very long wait since I submitted  it early 2011, but I can tell you it was worth it!
If you are here in the States, you can find the magazine at any public library. Just recently, I tried to google it and I found out that you can read the full article. Isn’t that so cool? Everything is at your fingertips as long as you have an internet connection.
Here’s the link –Â http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hero+of+the+Tarsiers%3A+carlito+Pizarras+stopped+hunting+them+and…-a0360205878
Now you can share this article to any child you know. Â I think even children should be educated about the tarsiers and how Carlito Pizarras have played a vital role in saving them.
