I am a real idiot to do this: Already rare, pangolins are being hunted to extinction, for their meat, their skin (used for handbags) and scales 😩 which, in the Far East, are believed to cure all manner of ailments. It is extremely difficult to catch a glimpse of them in the wild; they are shy and nocturnal and, at the first scent of danger, they curl into a ball, like a scaly hedgehog. While this is some defence against their natural predators, it makes them easy prey for human hunters. Tim Flach ‘Endangered’

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Already rare, pangolins are being hunted to extinction, for their meat, their skin (used for handbags) and scales 😩 which, in the Far East, are believed to cure all manner of ailments. It is extremely difficult to catch a glimpse of them in the wild; they are shy and nocturnal and, at the first scent of danger, they curl into a ball, like a scaly hedgehog. While this is some defence against their natural predators, it makes them easy prey for human hunters. Tim Flach ‘Endangered’

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