World Pangolin Day aims to raise
awareness of these unique and fascinating mammals and the problems they face. Pangolins are rapidly declining, particularly in Asia. Pangolin
trafficking is also becoming a serious problem in Africa.
In China, pangolin
scales are wrongly believed to be a cure-all of sorts and pangolin
flesh is considered a delicacy. There is no evidence that any part of the pangolin actually has medicinal properties.
In Vietnam, pangolins are frequently
offered at restaurants catering to wealthy patrons who want to eat rare
and endangered wildlife.
You can find out more from World Pangolin Day.
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8 comments:
Hi Juliet.
What adorable little creatures. Their scales look like shells. Remind me a bit of armadillos.
I'm running out of words any more to express my profound sorrow at what we as a species have done to ourselves.
Folk really are crazy aren't they. How long will it take us to break down these silly ideas about things like rhino horn, ivory and the flesh of endangered animals. Certainly not in our lifetime.
We are such a weird species ...
I am reading E O Wilson's "The Social Conquest of Earth" and he so well states the way of man in very few words. Sort of - "We Came. We Were. We Destroyed." How depressing ...
Maureen - they are adorable aren't they? And yes, just when will the human race see sense?
Weaver - yes, sadly these ideas are very fixed in some places...
Rabbits' Guy - I'll look out that book, i enjoyed E O Wilson's memoirs ...
Thank you for this post, I had to looks at the link to see this critter. I have not heard of before. They are cute! I believe in protecting all the animals.
thanks for sharing this ,I've learned something new today,xx Rachel
Beautiful animals. Had no idea of the danger they face. Many thanks
Greetings from London.
Yay, my favorite animals, I wore my fancy pangolin shirt proudly yesterday to celebrate!
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