tringgiling with his son

Pangolins can be found on the island of Nias, Mentawai, Riau, Kalimantan, Java, Bali and Lombok, and can be said spread in western Indonesia even the like can be found in Burma, Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines. because too often hunted, animals whose hearts are said to resemble human heart is at risk of extinction.

This long-sticked and sticky animal has a high selling value on the international dark market. In the country, pangolins sold hundreds of thousands of dollars. overseas has millions of dollars worth.

In certain areas of Indonesia, such as on the island of Sumatra, the pangolin tongue cut from its base in a still-living condition is believed to serve as a businessman's talisman. way, after the tongue is cut from the base, then dried in the sun to saliva on the tongue is drying out.

But be careful, the tongue should not be damaged, torn, or broken when cut or dried. If the tongue is already there are defects, believed to be lost. tongue that is cut in the condition of the pangolin is dead also no longer have efficacy. The tongue that is not cut perfectly from the base also has no efficacy whatsoever.

Furthermore, the tongue of the pangolin that has been dried was soaked in a jar of liquor to last. how to use uncomplicated, just a jar of alcoholic beverages containing pangolin tongue inserted into the drawer where the money in place of selling. If you want more powerful, this tongue talisman can be taken to smart people to dipantrai first.

while pangolin meat is almost always eaten as a nutritious meal. The Japanese and Chinese are the biggest consumers of animal meat, but many Africans are also fond of dishes made from pangolins, usually by burning. meat pangolins are burned, texture and it feels like a tripe of cows.

While in China and Japan, meat pangolin is usually processed in the form of soup. Usefulness is believed to strengthen the function of heart, lungs, kidneys and spleen. diseases that are believed to be able to be treated with anteaters, among others, heart, lungs, high blood, diabetes / diabetes, prevent stroke and accelerate post-stroke healing, relieve own pain / muscle, premature ejaculation, cure cancer and irregular menstruation, stress andboosts the immune system.Not only the meat, pangolin skin scales are also processed as cosmetic raw materials. Believed, cosmetics made from raw pangolin scales are able to brighten the skin. especially in China, the pangolin scales are dried and burned into a drug of panic disorder (panic disorder), hysterical cries, even able to treat paralysis.

with a myriad of benefits that have not actually been examined the medical truth, a kilogram of pangolin scales can be sold up to Rp. 3 million per kilo. To get a weight of one kilogram, usually collected from three or four pangolins. while the meat when it reached the dark market of the world valued Rp. 5 million s / d 6 million per kilo.

Cameroon, Nigeria and Ghana are the three African countries that are the largest supplier of anteater scales in the world's dark market. while the pangolin meat collectors in ordinary country receive supplies from the pangolin seekers. After the meat is collected and frozen, then shipped by sea to Japan, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore.

whereas, based on Government Regulation No. 7 of 1999, for example, pangolins enter the list of protected animals and can not be traded. then the actors of pangolin trade can actually be charged under Law No. 5 of 1990 on Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Ecosystems, through Article 21 paragraph 2 a and 40 and 2. The law contains the threat of five years criminal punishment and a fine of Rp 100 million .

the international world has also banned the trading of pangolins. The meeting of the international conventions on the trade in wildlife and endangered plants (Cites) has approved the ban on trade of eight pangolin species. all countries present at the convention held in September 2016, including Indonesia, must comply with the decision not to trade pangolins.

Not to forget the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) also issued a fatwa prohibiting the hunting and illegal trade in wildlife. "All hunting activities that result in wildlife extinction without religious grounds or legal provisions are haram," said Secretary of the MUI Fatwa Commission, Asrorun Ni'am Sholeh in March 2014.

although now in demand hunted, in ancient times this animal much feared by the community because of its strange shape. Never mind eating, catching it no one dared, at least for the inhabitants of South Kalimantan in the era of the decade 1960 to the 1980s.

at that time in the interior of South Kalimantan, the people believed that the presence of pangolins in a village was not well marked. gradually the community becomes brave to hunt the pangolins, but not to be eaten but to be destroyed by means of burning, so that the evil spirits inside the body of the animal are destroyed and do not disturb human beings.

but, the pangolins that have been caught, tied up, and put into the sack were rumored to often just disappear, so that finally came the assumption of a pangolin as Satan's incarnation.

with such assumptions, then in the era of the years the population is quite maintained, so easily found in the interior of the forest. different from the current where the pangolins are on the verge of extinction, both because of poaching and the destruction and degradation of habitat caused by forest fires to be planted.

The body of a pangolin is bigger than a cat. Short-legged, long-tailed and heavy. the unique thing is the scaly on his body, which is arranged like the precarious house. The scales on the back and the outer legs are light brown. The little haired animal has no teeth.

to prey on ants and insects, pangolins eating ants, ant eggs, and termites. To replace the function of the tooth, he will eat gravel to crush food. Pangolin with outstretched and slimy tongue. the length of the tongue can reach half the length of the body.

During the day the pangolins sleep in the ground. This nest is usually made alone or is a former nest of other animals that are no longer inhabited.

In order to protect themselves from enemy attacks, pangolins spread the stench. it has a substance produced by a gland near the anus that is capable of producing a foul odor, so that the enemy runs away. The pangolin enemies are dogs and tigers.

The unique animal breeds with childbirth. there is only one child who was born a female pangolin after two to three months' gestation.

If disturbed, the pangolin will roll up like a ball. He can also tap his tail, so that his "scales" can hurt the skin of the harrier.