Slow down and check out our adorable slow lorises! To celebrate Slow Loris Outreach Week, we asked keepers to share photos and videos of the zoo's three lorises: Havarti, Ricotta and Mai Ly. Harvati and Ricotta live in the Akron Zoo's nocturnal animal building, while Mai Ly, one of the oldest slow lorises in the world, lives in retirement in the zoo's animal hospital. The pygmy slow loris is a small primate, standing at just six to ten inches long and weighing around two pounds. Lorises do not h

A Bengal slow loris carefully explores its surroundings during a photo shoot at Wildlife Reserves Singapore. This primate species has a number of unique adaptations that help it to survive in the forests of southeastern Asia. Most active at night, the slow loris spends most of its time in the trees, moving through the forest on all fours as it forages for nectar and fruit. Because of this, its hands are well adapted for climbing, with opposable thumbs and fingers that create a pincer-like grip w