On a break from her Diamonds World Tour, Rihanna stopped in Thailand to visit the island of Phucket, where she befriended some local wildlife.
She posted a link on Twitter to an Instagram photo that showed her in sunglasses snuggling up to a furry primate called the slow lorris, and tweeted Friday "Look who was talking dirty to me!".
The slow loris, a squirrel- like animal with big eyes, is native to Southeast Asia and is listed as a protected species.
"Phuket authorities were alerted to the picture of (Rihanna), and last night police arrested the two individuals who brought out the lorris as a photo opportunity for tourists," a Phucket district chief, Weera Kerdsirimongkon, said by telephone Sunday.
Police confiscated two loris from the pair - a-20-year-old man and a-16-year-old boy - who could face charges of possession of protected animals. The charge carries a penalty of up to 4 years in prison and a $1,300 fine.
Weera said authorities have tried for years to crackdown on the problem of vendors exploiting wildlife, particularly in popular tourist areas where people pay to pose for pictures with elephants, orangutans and other animals.
"It's like a cat-and-mouse game. But this time it's bigger because a celebrity like Rihanna posted the picture, and there were more than 2000,000 'likes' from the world," he said.
Rihanna also posted pictures of herself playing with a herd of elephants in the street Friday night, after which she tweeted: "They all hails Empress when She walk by."
On the same night, she tweeted a few unprintable comments about what she apparently witnessed at an adult show in one of Phucket's red-light districts.
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