The London Zoo has just received two slow loris (a typo of lemur, an animal closely allied to the monkey) —a mother and inftyit son—which may be almost the last"' of these strange nocturnal "half monkeys" to be brought alive to Europe. The species is rapidly being exterminated owing to the enormous demand for its use as medicine. Every part of the creature is employed by the natives to cure some real or farcied complaint. The enormous eyes cr mmand fabulous sums when made into love potions. When alive the loris is the subject of the wildest legends and superstitions. A criminal will offer as his solo defence that the loris "told him" to commit the crime. By day the loris often covers his rousitivc eyes with iiis hands, .nit fi-;t which h,*is lf>d it to lie arc 'iiU'i! •i 1 li s s.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20776, 9 February 1933, Page 7
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144Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20776, 9 February 1933, Page 7
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