One of the workers saw a pangolin on the side of the road on the way up to the office so she caught it to show to the Americans. I got to see it today. He's the nicest wild animal I've ever met, and certainly very brave for one that can roll itself into a scaly armored ball. When we let him out of his cardboard box, he just started exploring everywhere. He wasn't scared at all. We practically had to roll him up ourselves:
The pangolin's scales are made of keratin, the same material as fingernails. It's the only animal that has this adaptation. Pangolins have a long tongue for eating ants, but they're more closely related to the order carnivora than to anteaters and armadillos. Males have a musk gland like a skunk, but this one was nice enough not to use it on us. Apparently pangolins are good problem solvers too, according to wikipedia.
She will let the pangolin free tomorrow. He has to get out from under the shelf he hid beneath first, though.
oh look, it's a snowstorm!
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