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Bengal Slow Loris
Nycticebus bengalensis
The slow loris is the only venomous primate in the world, and the mechanism is peculiar enough that it took a long time to be believed. It has a gland on the inside of the upper arm that secretes an oily toxin, and it raises its arms above its head and licks that gland, mixing t…
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- The Bengal Slow Loris produces a toxin from glands in its elbows, which it spreads onto its teeth to deliver a venomous bite.
- It is the only venomous primate — it licks a gland on its arm and mixes the toxin with saliva to make its bite venomous. A mother grooms that toxin into her baby's fur before parking it on a branch while she forages. Its slow, fluid crawl is a strategy: it produces none of the sudden movement a predator's eye is tuned to catch. In the pet trade its teeth are routinely pulled out with pliers.
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