Arrested @ Delhi Airport for Smuggling Monkeys in Underwear (Really!)

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They're very small monkeys called loris.

Three men have been arrested in Delhi for trying to board a flight with small primates hidden in their underwear.

Two of the men were found with slender lorises concealed in pouches in their briefs, a customs official at Indira Ghandi International Airport told the BBC. The men were transit passengers, en route to Dubai from Bangkok.

The animals were uncovered when security guards noticed a bulge in their underwear during a frisk.

Full story here. What a horrible thing to do to those little, innocent primates!

 

[TE999]

Awww, the poor little things. I know Loris' have slow metabolisms and probably weren't traumatized to any great extent, but still, it's still a cruel thing to put them through. The exotic pet trade is a multi-million dollar business, especially for an endangered species, so it's a quick way to make a buck. These guys were like drug mules; it's a lot harder to catch the actual perps, both sellers and buyers.

 

[Stella_Omega]

The poachers snap their teeth out when they catch them, because they have a venomous bite.

They can't feed themselves and they can't be returned to the wild.

 

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The poachers snap their teeth out when they catch them, because they have a venomous bite.

They can't feed themselves and they can't be returned to the wild.

I know Wish they'd bitten something while in that underwear.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I know Wish they'd bitten something while in that underwear.

it was too late.

 

[TE999]

The poachers snap their teeth out when they catch them, because they have a venomous bite.

They can't feed themselves and they can't be returned to the wild.

What's interesting is that the Loris' have a pad on the inside of their elbows that oozes a toxic secretion that they lick and coat their teeth with to subdue prey. They also spread it on their young to discourage predators. This does not always work or we'd be hip deep in Loris'.

The picture appears to be Pygmy Loris' ... an endangered species.