Hmm
I wonder if she is aware that they are toxic wee beasties? I kid you not... the only poisonous mammals, the slow loris.
(, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 14:06, Reply)
I don't think that they're the only ones...
There's quite a few shrews which are venomous too:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammals
(, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 14:40, Reply)
haha
did you know that or did you do a search merely to disprove him?
(, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 15:11, Reply)
I had an inkling of it.
One of those factoids which may have been featured on QI at one point or another. Did a search to confirm.
In other words, I like cats.
(, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 15:24, Reply)
Do Duck Billed Paltypus's not have a poisonous barb too?
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 17:05,
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*slow reply award*
I think there's some techincal differences between what loris, shrews and platypus do. Can't recall though... *vaguely remembers some teaching*
(, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 15:33, Reply)
I read about somebody researching Loris poison
which is, they think, the same as whatever the thing is in cat dander (or cat saliva, I don't know) which makes people allergic to cats. Only worse. Also, because the poison is intoxicating, slow lorises are made into wine, and sometimes dried and smoked.
(, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 16:25, Reply)
I think she knows
see how she carefully avoids the patch on the inside of the elbows? Thats where the toxin is.
(, Fri 24 Apr 2009, 23:54, Reply)
They're
the only poisonous primates. There are a lot of poisonous mammals.
Anyway, the venom isn't strong enough to kill a human. Just hurts like hell, and that little munchkin's face is so precious I would definitely risk it.
(, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 4:25, Reply)