The 3rd Saturday in February is is World Pangolin Day draw attention to the plight of the world’s most trafficked animals, these magnificent scaly mammals. There 8 species of #pangolin in Africa and Asia, all endangered, threatened by poachers for their meat and scales (used in traditional medicines) and by habitat loss and deforestation. 1/2
This is the largest: the ground pangolin. I made him patterned and colourful to draw attention to him and his kin.
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