Sign the petition and ask the government of Bangladesh to regulate deforestation and protect the slow loris. If You Watch Slow Loris Videos on YouTube, Are You Threatening the Species’ Survival? They have soft gray or brown fur and can be recognized by their huge eyes encircled by dark patches and by their short index fingers. While venomous species do exist in mammals, it is much more common in insects, reptiles and fishes. However, this practice is incredibly cruel and one of the main reasons Slow Lorises are facing such a daunting conservation status. They are expert in catching insects, and often capture those that have a particularly pungent odor, which the lorises can track with their keen sense of smell. Slow loris by Frans Lanting. Many will know the Slow Loris only as the cute little creature with big eyes that likes to be tickled under its arms. In primates, slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) are though to be venomous in Thai folklore (Wilde, 1972) but are they…

If this deforestation does not come to an end, the endangered species will go extinct. Even putting aside the pet demand they create, IAR said, tickling is a nightmare for slow lorises. YouTube ‘pets’ having teeth ripped out and verging on extinction. Lorises are arboreal and nocturnal, curling up to sleep by day. I must say, the idea of venomous primates never crossed my mind. The Bengal slow loris is facing extreme habitat and food loss due to deforestation. Javan Slow Loris Conservation. Photo from The Guardian. And IAR, which runs the largest slow loris center in the world, has launched the Tickling Is Torture campaign to raise awareness about how these videos affect lorises like Cepat. The pygmy slow loris diet also includes a fair amount of animal protein, which comprises perhaps as much as 33% of the total. The pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) is a species of slow loris found east of the Mekong River in Vietnam, Laos, eastern Cambodia, and China.It occurs in a variety of forest habitats, including tropical dry forests, semi-evergreen, and evergreen forests.The animal is nocturnal and arboreal, crawling along branches using slow movements in search of prey. But the truth is, these videos are torture. Loris, any of about 10 species of tailless or short-tailed South and Southeast Asian forest primates. Videos of the slow loris on Youtube have racked up millions of views.