User blog comment:SethOmega/Bracchidios Discussion/@comment-71.227.123.32-20130616092020

Etymology:

While reading about slow lorises on Wikipedia, I came across the term "brachial gland". The brachial gland secretes a biological compound that, when mixed with the loris's saliva, becomes "venomous", eliciting anaphylaxis through bites or when ingested by a predator, similar to a bee sting.

In studies, this compound was ignored by predators on a cotton swab without saliva applied, but when mixed with saliva predators showed a strong aversion to it.

Food for thought.

-K-NAO