Did you know the pygmy slow loris has two tongues? The bottom tongue is for cleaning its teeth, while the top tongue slurps nectar from flowers. Found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, the pygmy slow loris spends a lot of its time eating sap and hanging in trees. Unfortunately, the trees they call home are rapidly disappearing, and the pygmy slow loris is now a vulnerable species. If we don’t act NOW, we could lose these little tree-dwellers forever.
It’s no surprise that a creature that spends most of their lives in the trees is now at-risk from deforestation. Defoliating, burning, and clearing of forests in Vietnam has left their species vulnerable and with nowhere to call home. They’re also a favored animal for pets. They are often poached in the wild and sold as pets, souvenirs for tourists, and for traditional medicine.
We need help NOW to intervene before we lose this animal for good. Your donations can help save endangered species like the pygmy slow loris and their habitats.
Further research into the pygmy slow loris’ population size and habitat viability is still needed, and Greater Good Charities’ Global Discovery Expeditions program is dedicated to conserving habitats and protecting endangered, at-risk, and vulnerable species around the globe. That’s why, this June, we’re headed to Vietnam.
With over 50,000 species of plants and animals calling Vietnam home, the country is one of the 16 most biodiverse places in the world. To help save the many endangered species in the region, we’re expanding our global biodiversity efforts to study key ecosystems at the Sao La Nature Reserve in Vietnam. With the help of your donations, American and Vietnamese scientists will study the flora and fauna of the region to help propel conservation efforts.
We need your donations to make this possible. Please give now to help save the richly diverse habitats of Vietnam and endangered species like the pygmy slow loris!
Global Discovery Expeditions is a program of Greater Good Charities, dedicated to exploring, studying, and protecting key biodiversity hotspots facing imminent threat and loss by providing the initial key step in conservation – the observation and recording of living species within an ecosystem.
Giving with confidence
Greater Good Charities has a Four-Star rating on Charity Navigator and a Platinum Seal on GuideStar for our dedication to transparency and real positive impact.
Send checks to:
Greater Good Charities
C/O: Accounting
301 Union Street #21308
Seattle, WA 98111 US