The small animals, whose scales are coveted for use in Chinese medicine, are now among the world’s most trafficked mammals. A Temminck’s ground pangolin named Tamuda searches for a meal of ...
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MICHEL MILINKOVITCH: Just looking at the animal from up close, I was just so surprised by the pattern of very irregular scales on the head of the animal - very different on the left and on the right.
MICHEL MILINKOVITCH: I was so surprised by the pattern of very irregular scales on the head of the animal, very different on the left and on the right. And also, many of the edges are, like ...