Back From the Shadows

A Venomous Primate Missing for 89 Years Is Turning Up in Indonesian Backyards

The big-eyed Bangka slow loris hadn't been documented by scientists since 1937, yet it has apparently been creeping through local homes and gardens all along. It belongs to the world's only known group of venomous primates, which activate their toxin by licking a gland on their arms.