On the trail of the elusive pangolin at a South African safari reserve
On a private game reserve in south africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, an unlikely creature is making a tentative comeback— and ...
CNN10 年
The most trafficked mammal you've never heard of
It's difficult to glimpse them because they emerge from their burrows for only ... the ants eat the rubber trees. Why that happens is because there are no more pangolins -- so because of that ...
BBC1 年
Pangolins: Rare insight into world's most trafficked mammal
The secret life of the world's most trafficked mammal, the pangolin, has been caught on ... while an adult climbs a tree. Scientists are releasing the footage to highlight the plight of the ...
Mongabay27 天
A universal tagging system for pangolins, world’s most trafficked mammal
However, these devices can be unreliable in bad weather, and locating tagged pangolins is labor-intensive, particularly when they move beyond the study area, onto private property, or burrow ...
BBC1 年
Formosan pangolin
3 inch long claws and powerful chest muscles enable him to scale huge trees. Pangolins are landscape engineers. A single adult can dig thousands of holes every year, creating new homes for many ...
Yahoo News9 天
On the trail of the elusive pangolin at a South African safari reserve
It had been around for 15 million years when the first primates swung from the trees, and for more than 84 million years before a species resembling modern humankind came along. It survived several ...
scmp.com6 年
5 facts about pangolins - a critically endangered animal that's still valued in TCM
Some pangolins use their tails to climb trees, while others lash out with them to scare off predators. In particular, the long-tailed pangolin, whose tail can grow up to 70 cm, uses its tail to ...