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drhoz in wtf_nature

Fear My Deadly Elbows

Jan 13, 2008 13:18

Slow Loris - Small nocturnal prosimian primates with poisonous elbows. Found from Bangladesh to the Philippines ( Read more... )

nycticebus coucang, slow loris, primate, mammal, prosimian, venom, poison, nycticebus pygmaeus, loris

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jlygrnmigt January 13 2008, 17:08:44 UTC

The Loris or the researcher?

ebenizer January 13 2008, 04:45:07 UTC

How droll.

l3antha January 13 2008, 05:02:50 UTC

omg they are both SO CUTE.

but seriously though? that is a terrible way to say "leave me alone"...it looks more like, "hey, i'm sad, i need a hug."

drhoz January 13 2008, 05:28:10 UTC

maybe it's just trying to lure you closer >:D

tetrabinary January 13 2008, 12:35:23 UTC

This fascinates me to no end...I would be particularly interested to know more about the toxin. Apparently it's a natural mechanism similar to the one produced in felines and not an acquired toxin such as the one we find in the dentrobatid frogs or New Guinean birds...both of which acquire their toxins through insects which have consumed alkaloid-containing plants.

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drhoz January 13 2008, 21:59:32 UTC

lessee.... the shrews... platypuses... slow lorises... dunno how many species of shrew thereare but still a fair number. *tries to remember whether moles have a paralysing bite*