Tiny pygmy slow loris undergoes hemimandibulectomy

A trip to the dentist is bad enough at the best of times - but when you’re only eight inches tall and weigh just 500 grams, everything is a big deal.

Tiny pygmy slow loris undergoes hemimandibulectomy

A trip to the dentist is bad enough at the best of times - but when you’re only eight inches tall and weigh just 500 grams, everything is a big deal.

Pygmy slow loris Charlie is probably the first of his species ever to have a hemimandibulectomy.

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