How does a slow loris which is a primate have poison?
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/. — 2 years ago(June 08, 2023 09:30 PM)
Im watching monkey life season 12 and dr alison cronin mbe is rearing a slow loris baby, its said the poison is in its sweatglands on the armpits. It then wipes the said poison round its body and teeth, then if it bites you your body begins to rot like the flesh eating bug/virus.
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TaraDeS — 2 years ago(June 09, 2023 02:56 PM)
by /. June 08, 2023 11:30 PM
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Im watching monkey life season 12 and dr alison cronin mbe is rearing a slow loris baby, its said the poison is in its sweatglands on the armpits. It then wipes the said poison round its body and teeth, then if it bites you your body begins to rot like the flesh eating bug/virus.
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What you said in your OP is a little exaggerated.
True, they do have a kind of venom, but that doesn't make your body to rot away.
Slow Loris aren't Komodo dragons.
Seems, people who died had an anaphylactic shock, like after a bee or wasp sting.
The secretion from the brachial gland of captive slow lorises is similar to the allergen in cat dander, hence the secretions may merely elicit an allergic reaction, not toxicosis. Loris bites cause a painful swelling, and the single case of human death reported in the scientific literature was believed to have resulted from anaphylactic shock.
To protect itself, the Slow loris has also been observed to rub the venom on its fur to chemically-defend itself from predators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris#Behavior_and_ecology