For all the horrifying images of elephant slaughters and tales of rhino horn parties that you have to wade through when writing about wildlife trafficking, occasionally something rather more goofball pops up. In this case, it’s the case of three men getting busted at an airport in Delhi for smuggling small primates in their pants.According to the BBC, two of the men had hidden slender lorises in their underwear, in an apparent attempt to smuggle the adorable little guys out to sell as pets. The men, all UAE nationals headed to Dubai, were busted after airport official noticed their peculiar bulges during a frisk. The little lorises were sent to the India branch of People for Animals, where they are undergoing treatment and expected to recover.While the BBC report is unclear, in attached photo from People for Animals the two animals look like red slender lorises (as opposed to grey), which are listed as endangered by the IUCN. The nocturnal carnivores are native to tropical forests of India and Sri Lanka, have been threatened heavily in recent years by the international exotic pet trade. Even more cruelly, the BBC noted that because slender lorises secrete toxins, poachers often pull out their teeth, which means recovered animals often can’t be returned to the wild.Look, lorises are cute as all hell, and I can certainly understand why someone would see a photo of one and want one as a pet. But in case you didn’t guess by poachers’ savage removal of their teeth, wild, exotic animals don’t make for great pets, infinitely more so when the animal in question is endangered. People will always want things regardless of the consequences, and if they have enough money they’re likely to get them. But when your pet is being stuffed into some dude’s crotch to be smuggled into your country because it’s too rare and too illegal to be procured otherwise, shouldn’t you ask yourself what the hell it is you’re doing?Follow Derek Mead on Twitter: @derektmead.