Pangolins Research Paper

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The pangolin are one of the most endangered groups of mammals in the world. Pangolins are often called scaly anteaters. Pangolins are nocturnal creatures. Pangolins are extinct because of illegal poaching, in both Africa and Asia. I had no idea there were poachers in Asia, I knew about them in Africa though. Oi think it would be hard to hunt them because of them being nocturnal. Pangolins have overlapping scales made out of the same thing as human hair. When threatened pangolins ball up. Pangolins have long skinny snouts like anteaters. Some Pangolins burrow like moles while some pangolins live in trees. Pangolins mainly eat bugs which they catch with their long tongue. It is unknown how long pangolins live. I picked

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