Cute, but a bad idea for a pet. I found this online:
First of all, if you find a pet loris it will most likely have its canine teeth broken or pulled out by the seller so it can't bite. Having these teeth removed also means the loris will not be able to properly eat the foods it normally eats in the wild, such as lizards and other live prey. It's also just plain cruel!
Next, the loris's bite is toxic! The loris secretes a foul smelling toxin from its elbows which it licks and then delivers with a bite. Having the canine teeth removed doesn't prevent a toxic bite, because the venom is delivered by the smaller teeth which are specially curved for this purpose.
The loris also marks its territory with urine. Constantly. For the span of its entire life. This is not a habit that can be changed like house training a cat or dog - the loris is wild and doesn't care that you don't like your house smelling like pee.
so yeah there you go, cute and funny but basically a toxic bed wetter.
Ah, but he did choose the most interesting of facts! Still, what sort of animal is it closely related too? The arm structure seems similar to cats and the face has a close triangular format, but their hands/feet are like primates'.
Crazy Rambles
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 8:53pmCute and funny!
N8
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 7:46amCute, but a bad idea for a pet. I found this online:
First of all, if you find a pet loris it will most likely have its canine teeth broken or pulled out by the seller so it can't bite. Having these teeth removed also means the loris will not be able to properly eat the foods it normally eats in the wild, such as lizards and other live prey. It's also just plain cruel!
Next, the loris's bite is toxic! The loris secretes a foul smelling toxin from its elbows which it licks and then delivers with a bite. Having the canine teeth removed doesn't prevent a toxic bite, because the venom is delivered by the smaller teeth which are specially curved for this purpose.
The loris also marks its territory with urine. Constantly. For the span of its entire life. This is not a habit that can be changed like house training a cat or dog - the loris is wild and doesn't care that you don't like your house smelling like pee.
so yeah there you go, cute and funny but basically a toxic bed wetter.
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Thu, 11/12/2009 - 10:39pmI was wondering how long it would take someone in the guild to parrot the youtube comments.
Crazy Rambles
Fri, 11/13/2009 - 9:14amAh, but he did choose the most interesting of facts! Still, what sort of animal is it closely related too? The arm structure seems similar to cats and the face has a close triangular format, but their hands/feet are like primates'.
Qyn
Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:27amPoisonous Sloth-cat!
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Fri, 11/13/2009 - 7:31pmSorry bros, tiger got out of the cage.
Crazy Rambles
Sat, 11/14/2009 - 12:38am...and then ate the slow ioris and went ona trip! :p