Slow loris - 25 Amazing Slow Loris Facts

People who keep lorises cannot feed them appropriately, resulting in disease, distress, and early death for the lorises.

New York, New York: American Museum of Natural History.

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

The decreasing number of pygmy slow lorises for sale corroborates reports of rapid declines in Vietnamese populations.

The reasons for their popularity, according to the Japan Wildlife Conservation Society, are that "they're easy to keep, they don't cry, they're small, and just very cute.

Her daughters reach sexual maturity at around nine months of age, and her sons take much longer—18 to 20 months.