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Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus Nycticebus.Found in Southeast Asia and nearby areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines in the east, and from Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south.
Slow lorises (of the genera Nycticebus and Xanthonycticebus [21]) are accepted as the only known venomous primate. [20] Slow loris venom was known in folklore in their host countries throughout southeast Asia for centuries, but dismissed by Western science until the 1990s. [20] There are nine recognised species of this small-bodied nocturnal ...
The pygmy slow loris as illustrated in Bonhote's 1907 description of the species. The pygmy slow loris was first described scientifically by J. Lewis Bonhote in 1907. The description was based on a male specimen sent to him by J. Vassal, a French physician who had collected the specimen from Nha Trang, Vietnam (then called Annam, a French Protectorate) in 1905. [5]
The Smithsonian Zoo Facebook post explains, "Slow lorises are the only venomous primate! Located in their arm glands, the venom—combined with enzymes in their saliva—can produce a painful bite ...
Jellyfish sting using microscopic cells called nematocysts, which are capsules full of venom expelled through a microscopic lance. Contact with a jellyfish tentacle can trigger millions of nematocysts to pierce the skin and inject venom. [9] Some hydrozoans, including the Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) Some sea anemones; Some corals
The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand has stepped in to rescue an abused Bengal slow loris who was likely used as a prop in tourist selfies. Slow loris likely used for selfies had his teeth clipped
Slow lorises are one of the world's only venomous mammals, and have been known to use their venom to attack each other. To understand how slow lorises use their venom, Nekaris used radio collars to track Javan slow lorises, and spent 8 years monitoring their behaviour. They captured the slow lorises and analysed their bite wounds, finding the ...
A baby slow loris named Pasar was recently rescued from the cruel reality of the wildlife trade on the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia. Rescued wide-eyed slow loris staring at caretaker will melt ...