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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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