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Help save a rescued Pangolin

26/10/2026

26/10/2026

The ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), also called Temminck’s pangolin, is covered in overlapping scales made of keratin, the same substance that makes up human hair and nails. The scales have sharp edges, but they leave the belly soft and bare. When threatened, it rolls into a tight ball with its tail covering its underbelly, so only the hard scales are exposed.

This armored mammal has no teeth. Mainly active at night, it tears open ant and termite nests with its strong, clawed forelimbs and catches the insects with a long, sticky tongue. Pangolins are among the world’s most trafficked mammals, hunted for their scales and meat, and international commercial trade in wild-caught pangolins has been banned under CITES since 2017. This one was photographed in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

📸 desertnaturalist (CC BY 4.0), modified

26/10/2026

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