Found in South and Southeast Asia, they range from Bangladesh and
Northeast India in the west to the Philippines in the east, and from the
Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the
south. Although many previous classifications recognized one all-
inclusive species, there are now at least eight that are considered
valid (including the Sunda slow loris, pictured). Slow lorises have a
round head, narrow snout, large eyes, and a variety of distinctive
coloration patterns. Their arms and legs are nearly equal in length, and
their long trunk allows them to twist and extend to nearby branches. The
hands and feet of slow lorises have a pincer-like grip, enabling them to
grasp branches for long periods. Slow lorises have a toxic bite, a trait
rare among mammals. They are omnivores, eating small animals, fruit,
tree gum, and other vegetation. Many of the slow loris species are
listed as either "Vulnerable" or "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List.
Their habitat is rapidly disappearing, but the greatest causes of their
decline are the exotic pet trade and traditional medicine.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1684:
Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum,
containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of
gravity, to the Royal Society.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum>
1861:
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla
leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha L'Esperance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Trung_Tr%E1%BB%B1c>
1896:
Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi made its only performance in Paris
at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, infamously causing a riotous response in
the audience.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Roi>
1936:
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, still desiring to marry
American socialite Wallis Simpson against widespread opposition,
abdicated the throne, the only British monarch to have voluntarily done
so since the Anglo-Saxon period.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis>
1989:
At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia,
journalist Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the formation of the
Mongolian Democratic Union, which would be instrumental in ending
Communist rule four months later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsakhiagiin_Elbegdorj>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
canary in a coal mine:
(idiomatic) Something whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a
useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the
coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or
welfare.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A genuine work of art must mean many things; the
truer its art, the more things it will mean. If my drawing, on the other
hand, is so far from being a work of art that it needs THIS IS A HORSE
written under it, what can it matter that neither you nor your child
should know what it means? It is there not so much to convey a meaning
as to wake a meaning. If it do not even wake an interest, throw it
aside. A meaning may be there, but it is not for you. If, again, you do
not know a horse when you see it, the name written under it will not
serve you much.
--George MacDonald
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_MacDonald>
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