It's one of very few venomous mammals and even fewer venomous primates; it has a poison gland on its elbow which it licks to mix with its saliva, giving it a venomous bite.
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MONSTERS ARE REAL. LORISES ARE TOXIC.
New Venomous Primate Species Discovered In Borneo
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I'm kinda surprised that isn't here in Australia…
It's just a hop and a skip and a short swim north!
It turns out that lorises are actually both poisonous and venomous: Great moments in pedantry: Poisonous vs. Venomous. Toxic!
I want to be able to lick my own elbow! Some primates have all the fun.
Out of all the places on my body I wish I could lick, elbows come in at a distant second.
A comment on the previously link:
It's perfectly reasonable to assume that the monotreme is a leftover portfolio piece from when God was a freelancer and had no choice but to prioritize getting features out to the door over expendables like this makes any fucking sense whatsoever. I'm a staunch evolutionist but really, if you assume that the Intelligent Designer was accompanied by a Bonus-Driven Product Manager, a lot more of nature starts to make sense.
THIS.
Can't comment on the previously post, so I'll just leave this here:
ECHINDA LOVE TRAIN are obviously just a second-rate Dingos Ate My Baby cover band.