Pangolin is a four-legged animal has no teeth. Pangolin is unique to Asia. In Indonesia, anteaters live in Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. Pangolin was like to live in tropical forests.

For Food

One of the privileges pangolin is a long snout and tongue once. His tongue can be stretched up to a third of its body length. Wuiiih ... long, yes! In addition to the long, sticky tongue also. Its function is to catch ants and termites, food.

Pangolin also have strong claws for digging ground dwelling ant. Also to break termite nests. To facilitate the search for food, the pangolin is also very sharp nose.

Anteater is looking for food at night. Yep, indeed pangolin including nocturnal creatures or animals are active at night. As foresail.

For Self Defense

Uh, you know, the name of the mammalian animals that give birth and breastfeed her child? Such as cats, rabbits, guinea pigs. Well, the pangolin is also including mammals. However, in contrast to ruminant animals are usually furry, scaly anteaters actually hard like shields coated.

The shield scales serve as the body's defense.

Pangolin soft body parts exist in the chest and stomach area. If there is danger, hup! The scaly anteater turned the ball hard. Yep, he meringkal into a ball, protecting the soft parts of the body.

Shhh ... tailed pangolin can also be an advanced weapon, lo. Long and hard scaly tail. Imagine if in contact with the blade of his tail! Liftoff!

Of the Tiger, Tiger, Man

Pangolin enemy turns out a lot, lo. Nah wonder, he comes shields and weapons tail scales. The opponent is the tiger, leopard, and the most dangerous is the man!

Reportedly the pangolin meat palatable. Scales hard it can be a drug. Her skin was like made bags. Aduuuh ... pity the anteater! Because often hunted man, pangolins are now threatened with extinction.