Photo in the News: Baby Loris Beefs Up in Zoo Nursery
Aug. 1, 2006

Imagine the weight of three U.S. quarters in your hand.

That's how much this pygmy slow loris, an ancient primate species, weighed when it was brought last month to the nursery of the San Diego Zoo in California.

After giving birth to the 0.6-ounce (17-gram) male at the zoo on June 24, the mother didn''t take proper care of him. Zoo officials intervened and placed the big-eyed baby in the nursery's incubator.

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Website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060731-baby-loris.html

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