Animal Facts: Slow Loris
Slow lorises may be slow, but they can travel around 8 kilometers in one night.
Lorisidae
Slow lorises may be slow, but they can travel around 8 kilometers in one night.
Slow Loris monkey with big eyes on a tree with green leaf as background. Slow lorises often hang upside-down from branches by their feet so they can use both hands to eat.
Bengal Slow Loris, a cute primate on branch of tropical forest in South East Asia. Slow lorises have a toxic bite, a trait rare among mammals and unique among the primates.
Slow Loris monkey sitting in a tree with green leaf as background. Slow lorises often hang upside-down from branches by their feet so they can use both hands to eat.
With its big, round eyes, the slow loris is a nocturnal hunter.
The pygmy slow loris hunts at night to avoid competition with diurnal primates.
Slow lorises are viciously territorial, and they use venom as their weapon of choice.
The slender loris has a mask around its enormous eyes.
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