If you are a Pangolin! Today is World Pangolin Day and hopefully pangolins everywhere are eating as many ants as they can find – and grubs and termites and other small insects – as they are insectivorous.
80 million years of existence and holding an unfortunate World Record, there is lots to learn about Pangolins in this World Animal Protection Fact Sheet or, if you feel confident in your knowledge of what Pangolins like as their Fun Food, here is their Pangolin Quiz!
Pangolins need help, both in Africa and Asia where they make their home. As of 2016, CITES has forbidden the commercial trade of pangolin parts to give the strongest protection and stop the over-exploitation of these scaly anteaters. They are now listed on Appendix I due to the threat of extinction. Unfortunately, Pangolins are considered a delicacy & tasty in some nations – Pangolins are NOT Fun Food.
Here is a link if you would like to adopt a Pangolin thru Born Free and help rescue & release orphaned pangolins at Sangha Pangolin Project in the Central African Republic.
Happy World Pangolin Day!
Whitney's Fun Food Suggestions! 