Question 92
Look at the picture and read the text about the pygmy slow loris, then answer the questions below.
The pygmy slow loris is an animal that lives in the forests of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. It is nocturnal (active at night) and feeds on leaves and fruits. It also eats insects and mice, which it kills by smacking them with its hands. Sometimes it hangs upside down on a branch so that it can use both hands to eat.
Snakes, eagles and orang-u-tans eat pygmy slow loris. The pygmy slow loris poisons its enemy. It has a patch of venom under each elbow. When a predator approaches, it licks the venom and spreads it over its teeth. Then it bites the predator.
The pygmy slow loris hibernates for short periods during autumn and winter.
What adaptation does the pygmy slow loris have to kill its prey?
The pygmy slow loris is an animal that lives in the forests of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. It is nocturnal (active at night) and feeds on leaves and fruits. It also eats insects and mice, which it kills by smacking them with its hands. Sometimes it hangs upside down on a branch so that it can use both hands to eat.
Snakes, eagles and orang-u-tans eat pygmy slow loris. The pygmy slow loris poisons its enemy. It has a patch of venom under each elbow. When a predator approaches, it licks the venom and spreads it over its teeth. Then it bites the predator.
The pygmy slow loris hibernates for short periods during autumn and winter.
What adaptation does the pygmy slow loris have to kill its prey?
