Those chomps are a helpful defense against predators, but these territorial tree-dwellers primarily use them on other slow lorises—a rare behavior among mammals. “Loris” comes from the old Dutch word ...
Yes, monkeys, like the capuchin and slow loris, are excessively cute ... at the sight of their bright red face peering ...
They are nocturnal, and with their mobile joints and opposable thumbs slow lorises are able to move about the tree tops with ease, catching prey and scent-marking territory. Unfortunately ...
This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. After videos of slow lorises being tickled and fed rice balls in captivity swept the Internet, the wide-eyed animals ...