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A slow loris displayed by a vendor near Jatinegara animal market in Jakarta in 2011. Credit: Pacific Imagica/Alamy
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Nature 642, 26-28 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01690-z
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Correction 20 June 2025: An earlier version of this feature misspelt Julien Cappelle’s name.
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