Viral Videos May Harm Cute, Threatened Animals

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

Viral videos may reinforce the illegal pet trade of slow lorises, as a particular YouTube video of a slow loris being tickled that went viral shows. Comments on the video showed that many people wanted the threatened species for a pet.

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