A Pangolin Stole My Heart
The Google Doodle today is a game with a colorful cartoon Pangolin.
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What’s a Pangolin?, I asked.
Well it turns out it is an adorably cute scaley anteater of sorts.
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This cute critter is sadly critically endangered.
More from the linked article:
“Pangolins, timid little anteaters that are covered with scales, are being hunted to extinction. Why? Because some humans think their scales can be used as medicine. Pangolin scales are made of keratin, the same stuff that makes fingernails and claws, and they have no more medicinal value than any other fingernails–which is to say, none at all.”
“Pangolins are gentle, toothless mammals that eat ants with their long, sticky tongues. They are covered with scales (sort of like a walking artichoke) which protect them from predators but not from humans, who simply pick them up to harvest them. Baby pangolins ride, adorably, on their mothers’ tails or backs, as shown in the picture here.”
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I didn’t know about these creatures before, but I think I am in love…
I find them adorable.
Seriously.
Good thing I found out in time to celebrate “The SIXTH annual World Pangolin Day” which “will be celebrated on 18 February 2017!”
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What are some of the cuetest and most unique animals you love?
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Incredible animal, always a good thing to raise awareness about these declining species
I agree, thanks