The Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus) is a primate species native
to western and central Java in Indonesia, most closely related to the
Sunda and Bengal slow lorises. The species has two forms distinguishable
by hair length and coloration, both with a prominent white diamond
pattern on the forehead. It weighs between 565 and 687 g (1.246 and
1.515 lb) and has a head-body length of about 293 mm (11.5 in). Like
all lorises it is arboreal, and moves slowly across vines and lianas
instead of jumping from tree to tree. It is usually found in primary and
secondary forests, and sometimes in bamboo and mangrove forests or
chocolate plantations. Its diet typically consists of fruit, tree gum,
lizards and eggs. It is usually seen alone or in pairs, and sleeps on
exposed branches, sometimes in groups. Its population is in sharp
decline through habitat loss and poaching, for the exotic pet trade and
sometimes for traditional medicine. Listed by the International Union
for Conservation of Nature as critically endangered, it is protected by
Indonesian law, but the wildlife protection laws are rarely enforced at
the local level.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_slow_loris>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1491:
Nkuwu Nzinga of the Kingdom of Kongo was baptised as João I
by Portuguese missionaries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_I_of_Kongo>
1855:
American adventurer William Walker and a group of mercenaries
sailed from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster)>
1915:
Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote "In
Flanders Fields", later considered one of the most notable poems written
during the First World War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields>
1945:
Second World War: German ocean liner Cap Arcona, left to float
defencelessly in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of prisoners from
various concentration camps on board, was attacked and sunk by RAF
Typhoons.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cap_Arcona_(1927)>
1963:
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses
and dogs on civil rights protesters, bringing intense scrutiny on racial
segregation in the southern US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
treeness:
1. The essence of what it means to be a tree; the qualities that make a
tree what it is.
2. (genetics) The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the
structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure
can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with different
branches evolving independently after they split.
3. (graph theory) The condition of being a tree; acyclicity and
connectedness.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/treeness>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few
things which lifts human life a little above the level of farce and
gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
--Steven Weinberg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Weinberg>