The fourth annual Slow Loris Outreach Week (SLOW), which aims to raise awareness around the plight of the Asian lorises, will be launched by the Little Fireface Project on Monday 14 September.
Slow loris conservation education: factsheets
The Little Fireface Project is part of Oxford Brookes University's Slow Loris Fund. Led by Professor Anna Nekaris, the team has been working towards slow loris conservation, including in West Java Indonesia where they study the Critically Endangered Javan slow loris. In this podcast, they describe an innovative way to approach conservation, working with the local community to improve farming practices for coffee, whilst at the same time banning hunting and littering - this process has led to the village's certification as Wildlife Friendly. Postdoctoral researcher Marco and PhD student Sophie tell you more!
An Oxford Brookes University researcher in primate conservation will be hosting a Lush Soapbox talk at Lush’s new flagship store on Oxford Street, London.
Anna Nekaris Discusses Slow Loris Trade in Japan
Slow loris conservation education tools: bookmarks
The results of new research published in scientific journal Plos One show that unwitting watchers of YouTube videos are indirectly responsible for the demise of one of the world’s rarest primates, the slow loris.
…matic signals, and physiological adaptations. Slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.) are arboreal primates native …of only seven mammal taxa that possess venom. All slow loris species display a contrasting stripe that runs cr…lysed 195 images of the dorsal region of 60 Javan slow loris individuals (Nycticebus javanicus) from Java, Ind… contrasting in the wet season, during which time lorises significantly increased their ground use. Strip…e. The dorsal stripe became less contrasting as a loris aged. A longer stripe when ground use is more fre… colouration. A darker anterior region by younger lorises with less fighting experience may allow them to appear larger and fiercer. We provide evidence that the dorsum of a cryptic species can have multimodal signals related to concealment, intraspecific communication, and physiological adaptations.
… neglected venom occurs within primates among slow lorises (Nycticebus spp.). Venoms comprise novel biolog… in bio-medical research. We collected samples of slow loris saliva from eight captive-bred pygmy slow lorises (N. pygmaeus) at Paignton Zoo and Shaldon Wildlife Trust UK, given voluntarily as slow lorises chewed on Salimetrics children’s swabs. From Ja… line) after the application of concentrations of slow loris salivary venom. Cell survival from both male and …ncer cells, demonstrating the cytotoxic action of slow loris saliva only, without the admixture of brachial gland exudate. We show that even captive-bred slow loris saliva harbours potentially dangerous substances, with functional applications towards slow loris husbandry. Knowledge of slow loris salivary venom increases understanding of the nov… salivary composition and supports discussions of slow loris conservation by proposing a functional narrative to oppose the illegal pet trade, by contradicting their ‘cute and cuddly’ appeal. Evidence o…