Pangolin aesthetic

February 18 - World Pangolin Day (conservation_beyond_borders)

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Many animals have no bones; instead they wear their skeleton on the outside, where it also serves as armor. So why do humans have their bones on the inside, leaving their soft flesh exposed and unprotected? Exoskeletons, or outer skeletons, are great for small animals, like insects. But on larger animals, heavy armor makes it hard to move. One evolutionary solution is to replace big, heavy plates of armor with small, flexible plates or scales. Photo: Maria Diekmann, from @pbsnature

Ardmore Pangolin in ivory

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The most endangered mammal you've probably have never seen.

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The Ground Pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) is a species of pangolin native to Eastern and Southern Africa. They are also known as scaly anteaters because of their insectivorous diet and the keratin scales on their back for protection from predators like lions, spotted hyenas, cheetahs, african wild dogs, African leopards, caracals, and servals. If that doesn't work, they'll use their sharp-scaled tail to lash out at predators. Pangolins can also secrete a foul-smelling spray from their anal…

Baby pangolin

Meet the pangolin—an animal unlike any other on Earth.