Shamwari PANGOLIN (Haka)

Shamwari PANGOLIN (Haka)

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Original PANGOLIN (Haka)

 

- Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal – they are targeted for their meat and scales which is used in traditional medicine. 

- Pangolin scales are made of keratin, like our fingernails, and make up 20% to 30% of their body weight. 

- When it is threatened, a pangolin will curl itself into a tight ball that is impenetrable to predators.

- Baby pangolins travel around with their mother by riding on the base of her tail.

- Pangolins don’t have teeth, instead they have long sticky tongues that they use to eat ants and termites out of their mounds.

- A pangolins tongue can be up to 40 cm long when fully extended – this is the longest tongue to body ration of all mammals.

- Pangolins are the only mammals that are covered in scales

- Pangolin scales are made of keratin, like our fingernails, and make up 20% to 30% of their body weight. 

NOTE: These are stock photos so the colours of jumpers may be different