African pangolin

What’s scaly from tip to tail and can curl into a ball? Pangolins! These solitary, primarily nocturnal animals, are easily recognized by their full armor of scales. A startled pangolin will cover its head with its front legs, exposing its scales to any potential predator. If touched or grabbed it will roll up completely into a ball, while the sharp scales on the tail can be used to lash out. Also called scaly anteaters because of their preferred diet, pangolins are the most trafficked mammal…

You would be forgiven (if like me) you had never heard of an pangolin before. These prehistoric looking creatures with their armored shell and strange

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You would be forgiven (if like me) you had never heard of an pangolin before. These prehistoric looking creatures with their armored shell and strange

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Apart from causing wildlife population declines, trading species like the pangolin heightens the risk of zoonotic disease transmission among humans.

A África é bastante conhecida pela sua pujante e ameaçada vida selvagem. Entre os animais endêmicos mais conhecidos do continente estão os leões, os elefantes, as zebras, os búfalos e os rinocerontes; porém, a diversidade de espécies vai muito além disso. Segundo especialistas, existem mais de 1 mil mamíferos e 2 mil aves espalhados por extensas áreas de savana e florestas tropicais — alguns, inclusive, nem chegaram a ser catalogados pelos cientistas. A seguir, você descobre alguns exemplos…