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• Pangolins, also known as 'scaly anteaters,' are a creature few have even heard of, and now that they are being hunted toward extinction, the fascinating creatures face being forgotten forever. 'Scaly Anteater,' Pangolin, Being Hunted To Extinction In Asia (VIDEO)
• The skull of pangolins is smoothly conical, lacking the ridges and crests found on most mammalian crania.
• Even if pangolins are the sister group of carnivores, aardwolves are well nested within Carnivora in the family Hyaenidae.
• He's been in remote jungles and seen animals named the bongo and the armor-plated pangolin... `What do you ask someone who's done all this? FROM THE TEETH OF ANGELS
• Anteaters, pangolins, and some armadillos use hook-and-pull digging with the enlarged claw of a single, enlarged manual digit to open termite or ant nests made of hard dirt.
• Some mammals, like tree pangolins and tamanduas eat arboreal ants and termites.
• In the last few years, 55, 000 reptile skins from India, 19, 000 big-eye thresher shark fins in Ecuador and 23 metric tonnes of pangolin in Asia have all been seized.
• Beneath, pangolins lack scales but have a sparse coat of fur.
• The Palawan binturong is hunted for meat and as pets, and the pangolin is hunted for its hide. Palawan rain forests
• The soft stomach is one reason a pangolin has hard scales covering its body.