With up to 200,000 taken from the wild each year, the pangolin's evolutionary superpowers have made it both a marvel of nature and the centerpiece of a global trafficking crisis. Pangolins look like ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of ...
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Watch a leopard try to tear into a pangolin – 'The armor holds'
Pangolins rely on a unique defense system built around overlapping keratin scales. When threatened by predators like leopards, they curl into a tight, armored ball, protecting all vulnerable areas.
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