World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in February, making today (February 21st) World Pangolin Day!
Want to learn more about pangolins? Well, there is a lot of info out there but her are a few facts to get you started:
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world.
People want pangolins for their meat and for the scales that are used in traditional medicine.
They are the only mammal covered in scales.
The scales are made of keratin, the same stuff as your fingernails.
There are eight species of pangolin, four live in Africa and four live in Asia.
All eight species of pangolin are endangered, raging in status for vulnerable to critically endangered.
Pangolins are insectivores, eating mostly ants and termites.
Pangolins have no teeth.
I think pangolins are cute. They are certainly unique. I think it would be a shame if we lost them.
If you would like to donate to help the pangolin check out these places:
Pangolin Conservation and Research Foundation
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