Someone reported that a bizarre creature appeared in their town
Informant: It was here
We were drying chillis here, then
the creature was eating the chilies with both of its hands PD: With its hands? /Yes
The creature appeared on the informant's rooftop one day
Ten days later
The same creature appeared in the traditional market nearby
I first saw it here
Since a few days ago, I noticed strange things in the store
The products were fallen on the ground I had sweet potatoes here, and it ate a couple of them
unknown feces and crumbs...
Two days after, we got another report about the same creature from a nearby shop
PD: Can someone turn the flashlight on. I think it messed up the electric lines
A restaurant went dark due to this strange creature's mischief
For 10 days, the creature was spotted in 3 different places
They were slow lorises! (Known as the slowest monkey)
The crew visited the shelter that was taking care of the rescued slow lorises
Vet: It's about 6-8 months old
The vet examines the youngest slow loris, which was rescued the last
Vet: I could only feel its bones. It has no muscles.
This slow loris must have starved for long, it's bony
PD: How many slow lorises did you rescue? Vet: This one's the second
This female slow loris also has bad health
Keeper: This fella was rescued the first
The first one is two years old
and the second one is about a year, a year and a half.
PD: It's getting younger/ That's right
The later they are rescued, the younger and worse their health was
Slow lorises have a cute look, but they have lethal venom
They are class 1 endangered animals
How can class 1 endangered animals end up in a city like this?
Keeper: Let's eat
However, the keeper says that he noticed something very odd
As the keeper feeds them, they take the food with their mouth
Keeper: Slow lorises use their hands when they hunt
Instinctively, slow lorises use their hands when dealing with food
But, the rescued ones took the food with their mouth, which shocked me
All three rescued ones show the same habit
They must have been in the same place, hence the same habit
When they were in the same place
as if they knew each other, they smell each other
Slow lorises don't move much unless it's time to hunt
It's unlikely that they escaped at the same time altogether
Local: It's not like there is a forest or trees nearby. This is a market. Beyond the market are roads...
Local: Someone must have taken them here. How else could they be here?
Did someone really abandon them on the street cold-heartedly?
But, at the time of rescue, they were scattered around the town
We called an expert in to trace where they were abandoned in the first place
Expert: It's an old city
Expert: You can go anywhere with the electric wires
They live on the trees
They don't go down on the ground/ Oh
because it's dangerous
They must have moved around on these wires
The expert says that they must have moved through wires at night, as they are nocturnal
The question remains, how did one get into the shop when it was closed?
The expert pointed out the toilet
The toilet window is open. And more importantly...
PD: There is a wire right at the window/ I told you
It must come into the shop, looking for food, then hid as it gets bright
And
PD: 27th October?/ Yes
The second slow loris's traces were found on the 27th Oct, a few days before the rescue
Expert: They must have been abandoned around here. If they were thrown away at night, they must have found their own ways
Slow lorises hunt alone
They must have left from the same spot. The youngest one couldn't go far. That's why it's found around here
the female one is bigger, so it could go a little further
The male one could go the furthest.
Who abandoned class 1 endangered animals on a cold street
Having slow loris in possession, and abandoning it is illegal
We tried to get a security camera footage
But
So there's no security cameras where the slow loris is found? / There is, but it's broken
The three security cameras around the spot are broken long ago
I'm just guessing, but the perpetrator must be from this neighbourhood
Someone who knows this neighbourhood, must have committed the crime knowing that there are no working security cameras
PD: Has anyone raised a monkey around here? / No, not in this neighbourhood
Local: No. Monkeys are at the zoo
At that time!
Local: Many suspected them. They had snakes, and many other animals..
Local: I saw the monkey here/ You saw it? Yes, that's the one
We met a couple who used to sell exotic animals at a market a few years ago
Ex-exotic animal seller: That was ages ago... why bring that up now? PD: So this place used to be exotic animals shop?
Yes. Three years ago. We didn't have monkeys, though, we had hamsters, bunnies, and chickens
PD: What about slow loris? / Never
PD: Never raised one, either? / No
The lady strongly defended that she never had legally protected animals like slow loris for sale
However, there are many locals who remember 'slow walking strange monkey' so we asked law enforcement to open an investigation
We checked even inside their house, but we couldn't find evidence.
We checked available security cameras and questioned neighbors, but we couldn't find any conclusive evidence
The investigation wasn't fruitful.
Local: Someone who travels must have taken them here Local: There's a port not far from here
PD: Is that so? / Yes
People say that exotic animal transactions are not rare at the port
Local: A lot of them do. They sell them at the port. The sailers buy them sometimes, too
Local: They bring them here to sell, and if it's not sold, they abandon them cos they can't raise them
We couldn't find the abandoner in the end
Exotic animals are subjected to transactions just because they make big money
Let's take more care in matters like this, as human greed left them on a cold street