Orangutans eating slow loris

Orangutans eating slow loris. This behaviour is rare, with the orang-utan’s diet usually consisting of fruit. Their hunting method involves knocking the slow loris out of the tree, then killing it when it is dazed, possibly to avoid the slow loris’ toxic bite. Video courtesy of Madeleine Hardus and colleagues. As reported in Journal of Primatology:
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