Loris Fact 7: The Myth About Loris Nurseries
The famous ‘Tickling Slow Loris Video’ uploaded in 2009 by Dmitry Sergeyev includes the following note by the uploaders… 1. First of all, we…
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Loris Fact 6: You can’t chew with somebody else’s teeth
Well that’s a Yiddish proverb, but the loris would agree, and most lorises really love their teeth. Being strepsirrhine primates, lorises have really neat…
Read MoreLoris Fact 5: Communication and Collaboration to Save Lorises!
This post is a not so much a fact but a story from the field from our research fellow Sisil Putri.The FACT is that…
Read MoreLoris fact 4: CITES…a little lesson
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is a multilateral treaty that entered into force on 1 July 1975. Its aim is…
Read MoreLoris Fact 3: I wanna hold your hand! Loris hands and feet…
Loris Awareness Week Fact 3: The anatomy: Like all primates, lorises have grasping hands and feet…to an extreme. To put it anatomically, the hands and…
Read MoreLittle Firefaces: Why YouTube loves the slow loris
Café Scientifique presents: Little firefaces: why YouTube loves the slow loris The name Little Fireface comes from the Sundanese name for slow loris, muka…
Read MoreSlow Loris Story Writing Competition
Attention!! Young Loris Lovers! Gigi, our cuddly mascot is excited to announce her first slow loris story writing competition. As part of Loris Awareness…
Read MoreThe problem with ‘Slow loris eating rice’
In the last week, a new viral slow loris video has penetrated the internet. An undeniably adorable, wide-eyed slow loris eating a ball of…
Read MoreLoris Awareness Week Coming Soon!
In about one month’s time, on 17th September, we will launch Loris Awareness Week! Before this time you will see many exciting additions to…
Read MoreReducing Stress in Captive Lorises
One of my MSc Primate Conservation students Andy Gray at Oxford Brookes describes her research project helping care for slow lorises without teeth! Andy…
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