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On the move a pangolin in the Serengeti © gmacfadyen
Animals We Protect
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Meet the Pangolin
Pangolins are known as the guardians of the forest because they protect forests
from termite destruction, maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Of the eight
pangolins species, four are found in Asia and four in Africa. Pangolins are the
world’s only scaly mammals, and small as they appear, an adult pangolin weighing
6.6 pounds can consume more than 0.66 pounds of termites in one meal. Thanks to
their big appetite, one pangolin can protect an area as large as 31 football
fields (41 acres) from termite destruction. A pangolin’s scales weigh
approximately 20 percent of its total mass. These solid scales are their
“weapon.” When threatened, pangolins will quickly curl up into a tight ball, and
by tucking face under their tail, their overlapping scales serve as a tough
armor.
Unfortunately, this armor also puts pangolins at risk of poaching.
at night a pangolin in Indonesia © Niels Jelsma
curled pangolin Unsure of its surroundings, this pangolin assumes its defensive
position. © Wildlife Alliance
Ground Pangolin at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. © David Brossard
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These little guardians have survived thousands of years of natural changes, but
now they are on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and illegal
poaching. Many Asian cultures incorrectly believe their scales have medicinal
and magical properties, causing a huge demand on the black market. More than 1
million pangolins were brutally murdered for black-market trade in the past 10
years; that is 11 pangolins every hour. All eight species of pangolin are listed
under Appendix I (threatened with extinction) in the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES).
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