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Pygmy Slow Loris

By Miss Cellania in Animal, Video Clips on Jul 31, 2008 at 7:50 am



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A pygmy slow loris shown being adorable, although very slowly. -via Arbroath


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  1. Larfin Jackarse
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Please explain how these things survive in the wild.

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 7:53 am

    ps: what is that tune?

  3. Larfin Jackarse
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Oh yeah... first.

  4. CheeseDuck
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 8:10 am

    They survive because all the predators think it is too cute to kill.

  5. mkultra
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 8:32 am

    I want one!

  6. groksocket
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Slow lorises actually excrete a toxin from their elbows (no, I'm not making that up) which they lick off. They use this to defend themselves via biting, and mothers cover their young with it while they search for food.

    Evolution is ace.

  7. Lenore
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am

    I want elbow toxin...

  8. pebbe
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 10:39 am

    "CWI has been working hard to support Cambodias efforts to protect a small, nocturnal primate, the Slow Loris (Nycticebus spp.) whos fate rests at the hands of poachers which sell the animals on pet markets and for Traditional Medicine."

    http://www.careforthewild.com/default_detail.asp?detail=true&I_ID=498& section=Home

  9. Justin
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 11:08 am

    Thank you pebbe I was just about to mention this. While they are very cute, it is most likely this creature was forcibly taken from the wild (probably as an infant) to be sold to some rich Tourist. But who knows, maybe there is another explanation. Maybe it was rescued.

  10. Johnny Cat
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Love the music

  11. Thomas
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Awww... wook at izz widdle opposable thumbs...

  12. mkultra
    Jul 31st, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    I wish I was a rich tourist.

  13. Brian H
    Aug 1st, 2008 at 7:27 am

    1. Great name for a band: "Elbow Toxin"
    2. The music sounds like the band Plone
    3. The camera person needs less coffe--effeef, coffee

  14. bevardo
    Aug 1st, 2008 at 11:37 am

    nice =)

  15. LH
    Aug 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am

    Don´t they live in trees?

  16. wcf
    Aug 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Yes, they do live in trees. This is the sort of creature from which we evolved.

  17. Tibbi
    Aug 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    rich tourists? PLZ. 20 dollars in indonesia free animal trade market. NOT that rich. Unless you count the flying to indonesia, then getting a permit to bring it to america or whereever, then paying for transportation of a live animal.

  18. ted
    Aug 2nd, 2008 at 12:20 am

    Speak for yourself, wcf. I can't even lick my elbows.

  19. christian
    Aug 15th, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    wcf, i didnt come ffrom any kind of creature, God created man in his immage, not from a monkey or from some goo.

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