Then, it emits a stinky acid. Only
human hunters are willing to
overcome this smelly defense.
THE MOST HUNTED
ANIMAL IN THE WORLD
The pangolin is the most hunted
animal in the world. It is worth a
lot of money in Asia. People use
its scales for folk medicine and
eat its meat. More than 100,000
pangolins are illegally captured
and traded each year. If this trade
continues, all eight pangolin
species may soon be extinct.
70 million
Number of insects one
pangolin can eat in a year.
• The pangolin is the
only scaled mammal in
the world.
• It eats ants, termites,
and other small insects.
• When threatened by
predators, it rolls up
into a ball and lets out a
stinky acid.
Rolled up, a pangolin
looks more like a pine
cone than an animal.
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