Animal Defense Mechanisms That Prove Nature Is Beautiful And Terrifying

Slow Loris

animals defend themselves
animals defend themselves

The slow loris doesn’t have much going for it protection wise at first glance but they’ve got some tricks up their sleeve. And by tricks up their sleeve I mean they have toxic glands on the inside of their elbows that they lick and rub all over their body, making them not so fun to take a bite out of. The toxin combined with their saliva makes their bites nasty too, they can even send humans into anaphylactic shock.

Source: https://www.wildlifealliance.org/meet-the-slow-loris/

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