Slow lorises are one of the world’s only venomous mammals. Even rarer, they use their venom on one another. By Rachel Nuwer With their bright saucer eyes, button noses and plump, fuzzy bodies, slow ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — They sleep during the day and forage at night. They can’t jump, but they’re excellent climbers. They have huge round eyes. And — unique among primates — they have a venomous bite. Meet ...
One of the Milwaukee County Zoo's pygmy slow lorises looks out of the enclosure at the small mammals building. The animal is nicknamed "little fire face" because of the markings on their face. Last ...
Adult male slow loris showing venomous saliva. Source: Andrew Walmsley, used with permission. The slow loris seems adorable. But its puppy-dog eyes and charming face mask belie its wild nature: These ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. A study released Oct. 19 in the journal Current Biology reveals that slow lorises use their venom not only against other species, but also against ...
Lorises exhibit many quirky evolutionary adaptations, such as exceedingly slow locomotion, the ability to hibernate (which makes them unique among Asian primates), and their capacity to deliver a ...
A Bornean orangutan has been filmed eating a slow loris—the first time this behavior has been seen in this population of orangutans. Orangutan diets are composed primarily of fruit. they also eat ...
In early 2009, a man in St. Petersburg, Russia, uploaded a video onto YouTube in which his pet pygmy slow loris — a small, threatened Asian primate — gets tickled. The video quickly went viral, ...
Adult male slow loris showing venomous saliva. Source: Andrew Walmsley, used with permission. The slow loris seems adorable. But its puppy-dog eyes and charming face mask belie its wild nature: These ...
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