In 2016, pangolins gained the highest levels of protection under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) with the decision to uplist all 8 species to Appendix I. International trade in pangolins for commercial purposes is prohibited by law. One thought is that pangolins don’t have teeth …
They are carnivorous animals, usually consuming a wide variety of ant and termite species, but are also able to eat larvae and a few other insects. Although there are hundreds of species of termites, ants and other insects that they can consume, pangolins are somewhat picky when it comes to what they eat. The diet …
World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Satur day in February, and this year, the special day falls on February 20 , 2021! World Pangolin Day day is an opportunity for pangolin enthusiasts to join together in raising awareness about these unique mammals — and their plight. World Pangolin Day is observed annually on …
Reliable estimates of how many pangolins remain in the wild are lacking, although it’s thought that over a million individual pangolins were taken from the wild between 2000 and 2013. You can read more about this terrible trade in our report, Suffering at scale. Let us figure it out! Many live on the ground, but …
Google Doodles have become part of our online culture. Each game pays tribute to key events, people, and even fictional geek culture characters. Popular Google Doodle Games are a kind of postcards, the release of which is timed to significant events. Pangolin Love can be accessed through the Google homepage where you may have encountered …
Pangolins were thought to be closely related to anteaters , aardvarks, sloths, and armadillos, as all of these animals have either no teeth or a much-reduced number. However, molecular data has shown that these animals are not closely related, and so pangolins were classified into their own group. The next thing we asked ourselves was, …
Pangolins play a critical role in their ecosystems. They provide the earth with all-natural pest control and are fantastic tenders of soil, and they do these things simply through their everyday behaviors. It is said that a single pangolin consumes as many as 70 million insects per year, mainly ants and termites. Pangolins may be …
While they might look like an armadillo, anteater or even a walking artichoke, these unique animals belong to a family all their own. Only a handful of zoos around the world exhibit Pangolins, which are endangered in the wild , making the December birth of this little Chinese Pangolin at the Taipei Zoo an extremely …
Pangolins are nocturnal and solitary, par- ticularly vulnerable to poaching pressures because of their slow reproductive rate , sensitivity to capture-induced stress and instinct to curl into a ball when threatened, rather than try to escape. Their elusive na- ture has made it difficult to estimate how many still exist in the wild. Another frequently …
When in danger, the pangolin can roll into a ball , exposing only the tough scales for protection. Little is known about this elusive creature, so it’s difficult to estimate wild population sizes. But given the demand for pangolin meat and scales, the population is believed to be in decline. The answer was despite them …
