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Who does this look like? :) (Original Post) CatWoman Aug 2012 OP
Privatizing Ryan? CurtEastPoint Aug 2012 #1
looks just like him, don't you think? CatWoman Aug 2012 #3
I don't know but it looks guilty as sin! NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #2
it's a "loris" CatWoman Aug 2012 #4
This guy ?? BlueJazz Aug 2012 #5
No clue on the lookalike, but my cuteness meter just burst. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #6
OMG I want one 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #7
Based on what I read - they are pets in Asia, but with caveats. Panasonic Aug 2012 #11
I was reading about them and it's strongly urged not to get one as a pet. CurtEastPoint Aug 2012 #8
that is so fucked up CatWoman Aug 2012 #9
thats crappy 2pooped2pop Aug 2012 #12
He looks kind of sad. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #10
They are nocturnal and the bright light is not good for their sight. CurtEastPoint Aug 2012 #13
He looks very scared, or very skeptical. I think that's just the way kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #14
 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
7. OMG I want one
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 07:45 PM
Aug 2012

and not a ryan but a slow loris. That guy is adorable. Forget the weiner mobile driver.

CurtEastPoint

(18,636 posts)
8. I was reading about them and it's strongly urged not to get one as a pet.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 07:50 PM
Aug 2012

They bite and the Asian trappers will remove their teeth. Often they get infected and die. Man's inhumanity to animal.

"Traders cut or pull the teeth of slow lorises to make them appear to be an appropriate pet for small children, but this practice often leads to extreme blood loss, infection, and death. Slow lorises lacking their teeth would be unable to fend for themselves and therefore are not released into the wild. Most captive lorises in the pet trade also experience improper care and die from poor nutrition, stress, or infection. Despite this, demand has risen, and slow lorises are no longer captured opportunistically, but are now hunted on a commercial scale using flashlights, from which the animals do not flee.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
12. thats crappy
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:07 PM
Aug 2012

kind of like pinning dog ears, cutting their tails off and lets not even start on the practice of freezing their ability to bark. Humans, we are so cruel.

CurtEastPoint

(18,636 posts)
13. They are nocturnal and the bright light is not good for their sight.
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:21 PM
Aug 2012

Hey is cute as hell but I feel sorry for him/her.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
14. He looks very scared, or very skeptical. I think that's just the way
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:27 PM
Aug 2012

they look.

But the gripping with opposable thumbs is endearing, as is the slow munching of his treat.

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