 In the Mondulkiri Province of Cambodia , hunters believe that lorises can heal their own broken bones immediately after falling from a branch in order to climb back up the tree , and that slow lorises have medicinal powers because they require more than one hit with a stick to die . The hunters also believe that seeing a slow loris will bring bad luck on a hunting trip . In the province of North Sumatra , the slow loris is thought to bring good luck if it is buried under the foundation of a house . Similarly , villagers concerned about traffic safety might bury a slow loris under a road to prevent accidents . In Java , it is thought that putting a piece of its skull in a water jug would make a husband more docile and submissive , just like a slow loris in the daytime . Also , its body parts were used to place curses on enemies in North Sumatra . More recently , researchers have documented the belief that the consumption of loris meat was an aphrodisiac that improves " male power . " The gall bladder of the Bengal slow loris has historically been used to make ink for tattoos by the village elders in Pursat and Koh Kong Provinces of Cambodia . 
