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Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

author:Nature Encyclopedia 01

The pangolin is the most hunted wild animal, Africans regard it as a delicacy, and Asians like its scales only because they have heard that the pangolin's scales have medicinal value, but in fact, it has been scientifically proven that this is just an exaggeration.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

Pangolins take their children with them every time they go out

The pangolin's scales are scales that grow from its thick skin, which is characteristically different from other mammals. Pangolins also have long tongues, probably longer than the head and tail combined. Usually curled up in the mouth, only when eating will reach into the ant nest or termite mound, pangolin is a genus of pangolins of the family Poor Tooth Pangolin, no teeth, all rely on the strong muscles of the stomach and small stones to grind food.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

Large pangolins are good at digging holes and can hide in them during the day. Gastrointestinal pangolins and other arboreal species of pangolins have a clawed tail to climb, and when resting, they curl up into balls in the hole.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

Except for the abdomen, the medial limbs, and the underside of the tail, the rest of the pangolins are covered with cascading scales, and their scales fall off and replace throughout their lives.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

Pangolins are more common in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and tropical rainforest Africa, with Asian species of pangolins having external ears and hairy at the roots of scales, while African species are the opposite.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

In addition to being hunted, pangolins have also suffered severe damage to their habitat rainforests, which is one of the main reasons for threatening their survival.

Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"
Pangolins, such cool mammals, can't escape the fate of becoming the world's largest "wanted man"

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