Slow Lorises

Slow lorises look extremely innocent and harmless, but they are actually venomous. Their venomous bite can kill and there is no known cure yet. To protect themselves from predators they lick toxin onto their fur. Scientist have yet to find out why these animals are venomous. Slow lorises are part of the group of primates. They are accustomed to live in trees. Their weight ranges from 103 grams to 4 1/2 pounds. The loris has a reduced second finger so that they can easily grip branches and climb onto trees. The slow loris has slow movement and the frequently "walk fast" but only go about half a mile per night. Although they seem extremely slow they move at a fast pace to catch preys. They do all their eating at night. They rather eat by themselves than with company. They eat small hings such as leaves and plants or animals smaller than them. The lorises are endangered. They are being hunted down because they carry something that can be turned into medicine and it can cure 100 diseases. They are also endangered because they are being captured to be kept as illegal pets. If you would like to learn about or help the slow lorises you can visit or donate at https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/donate/108/slow-loris-7

The Parrotfish

Parrotfish received their name because of the shape of their mouths. Instead of having teeth they have two beak-like plates which can relate to a parrot. They use their beak-like plates to grind rocks to form new sand. They can create up to 200 pounds of sand a year, which is the cause of small islands. Blue parrotfish feed on little organisms and algae and spend about 80% of their time eating. The blue Parrotfish, as of now, is the only uniformed bright-blue species of fish known. You can find them on coral reefs at depths from 9 to 85 feet. This species of fish is surprisingly not in danger of extinction. They are caught by many fishermen but as of now their population are stable. At night time to stay away from predators they use this mucous like substance from an organ in their heads so that predators won’t notice their scent. There is a famous parrotfish named Gavin located in Australia. He enjoys to photobomb peoples photos as you see in the picture above. As you pose to get a picture he would enter the photo and take a photo with you.

Bats

Spotted bat, hammerhead bat, black flying fox, spear nosed bat, and thousands of more. There are more than 900 species of bats in the world. Some studies show that there are up to 1,200 species in the world. You can separate all these bats into two groups. One of them is called the microbats and the other megabats. How can you tell them apart? Well the name really says it all. Microbats are small but have big ears while megabats are bigger and live more in the tropical areas in our planet. Bats are the only mammals known to be capable of flight. They are the only mammals known to feed off of blood. Also the bats wings resembles a human hand anatomically. The bats population makes up a quarter of the mammal population! You can find 1,000 of them throughout the world, not including the polar region and extreme desert. The giant golden-crowned flying fox is known as the largest species of bat in this planet. The wingspan is 5 ft and weighs up to 2.6 pounds. Sooner or later this species is feared to be extinct. Many people entering the forest have cause the population level so low that it has caused a possible extinction.