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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7930779" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9397/84128138.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A nocturnal, forest-dwelling primate with orb-like eyes and short  limbs was photographed in central Sri Lanka late last year after being  feared extinct, researchers said Monday.A Horton Plains slender  loris was caught on camera after lengthy surveys of the forest by  researchers from the Zoological Society of London, the University of  Colombo and the Open University of Sri Lanka.Team leader Saman  Gamage said the mammal was not sighted for more than 60 years until in  2002 a researcher reported spotting its eyes during a search — inspiring  the effort to view it fully and photograph it to prove the primate  existed."We are thrilled to have captured the first ever  photographs and prove its continued existence," said Craig Turner, a  conservation biologist with the Zoological Society.The primate's  population is thought to have begun dwindling in the mountain forest  habitat after British colonial rulers from the 19th century cleared  large tracts of forest for coffee and tea plantations, Gamage said.Logging,  agriculture and development made it hard for the lorises to find food,  escape threats or meet mates.Turner, a conservation biologist at  the Zoological Society of London, said only one or two sightings  occurred between 1937 and 2002. Despite repeated attempts to find it,  there were no sightings between 2002 and 2009."People, including  ourselves, had begun to think: 'Yeah, maybe it has disappeared'," he  said.Given its size and nocturnal habits, the eight-inch  (20-centimer) beast was tough to find. But the giveaway was in its  eerily large, night-vision eyes. Scientists combed the forest canopy  with red-filtered flashlights — eventually catching sight of the loris."You  get a very distinct red eyeshine reflecting from the loris," Turner  told The Associated Press. "That's how we picked up on the initial  presence of the species."Turner said scientists were then able to  briefly capture the primate, taking measurements and genetic material  before releasing it back into the wild. He said the critter's orb-like  peepers and gangly limbs made it an easy sell to the general population."It's  a very appealing species," he said.Gamage said more of the  lorises are thought to live in small patches of forest in Sri Lanka's  hill country.<img src="http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/4403/12025109.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9646/32150358.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/ap_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />++ rep me if you like the post <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /> </blockquote>

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