“They’re quite sensitive,” says Christine Rattel of International Animal Rescue, which runs a slow loris rescue program ... have declined because the pet trade continues to run rampant.

When cute is a curse Slow lorises are small primates ... Unfortunately, due to habitat loss and the illegal pet trade their numbers are in decline. They are already among the rarest primates.

Meet Memphis Zoo's venomous but adorable new addition: a ping pong ball-sized pygmy slow loris. The tiny primate, who has not yet been named, was born on Dec. 13 to Samper and Artemis at the ...