ers ▁at ▁the ▁Research ▁and ▁Development ▁Center . ▁ ▁P iz arr as ▁once ▁h unted ▁tar si ers ▁for ▁a ▁living . ▁Since ▁age ▁ 1 2 , ▁he ▁g unn ed ▁down ▁or ▁tra pped ▁tar si ers , ▁ex otic ▁birds , ▁mon keys , ▁sn akes ▁and ▁l iz ards ▁for ▁his ▁father , ▁a ▁tax id erm ist ▁who ▁augment ed ▁the ▁family ▁income ▁through ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁preserved ▁kill . ▁P iz arr as ▁himself ▁caught ▁and ▁sold ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars ier ▁spec im ens ▁to ▁collect ors , ▁h ob by ists ▁and ▁tour ists ▁for ▁a ▁living . ▁. ▁ ▁He ▁became ▁so ▁ade pt ▁at ▁the ▁task ▁that ▁he ▁h unted ▁tar si ers ▁by ▁sc ent , ▁learning ▁that ▁the ▁animals ▁gave ▁off ▁a ▁mus k ▁through ▁g lands ▁located ▁on ▁their ▁bre asts . ▁Then , ▁he ▁shot ▁them ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁trees ▁with ▁air ▁rif les , ▁easily ▁catch ing ▁about ▁ 1 0 0 ▁a ▁month . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁stuff ed ▁tar si ers ▁went ▁for ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pes os ▁( about ▁five ▁dollars ). ▁For ▁those ▁who ▁preferred ▁live ▁p ets , ▁catch ing ▁them ▁alive ▁was ▁a ▁relatively ▁straightforward ▁undert aking . ▁Tre es ▁were ▁simply ▁sh aken ▁until ▁the ▁tar si ers ▁fell . ▁ ▁P iz arr as ▁slowly ▁began ▁to ▁notice ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁hi ke ▁deeper ▁into ▁the ▁forest ▁to ▁find ▁one , ▁unlike ▁in ▁the ▁