Photo from www.utaot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSince they are slow moving, pangolins needed to adapt in other ways to defend themselves from hungry predators.\u00a0 In addition to using their hard scales as a protective coat of armour, pangolins can exploit the strong and sharp nature of their scales to create a weapon.\u00a0 Ground Pangolins are known to wound would-be predators by swinging their strong, plate-covered tails<\/p>\n
A Sticky Situation<\/h2>\n
Because they have no teeth, Ground Pangolins instead collect their prey by extending out their tongue and licking it up.\u00a0 The tongue of the Ground Pangolin can grow to an impressive 30cm in length and is the perfect tool for an animal that survives by eating ants, termites, and other insects.\u00a0 Using their large claws, Ground Pangolins rip open ant and termite mounds both in low-level trees and on the ground before using their saliva-coated, sticky tongue to catch them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cool Facts About The Ground Pangolin The Ground Pangolin is one of four pangolin species found in Africa and is the only species of pangolin to be found in eastern and southern parts of the African continent. Also known as the Temminck’s Pangolin, the Ground Pangolin, among a slew of other animals, was named after 18th century Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck Because they are often emerging from their burrows only at night, the Ground Pangolin has fairly poor eyesight, relying instead on its phenomenal sense of smell to find food. The Slow Roll Ground Pangolins are generally between 50 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[868,348,3734,4025,2681,2683,3735],"yoast_head":"\n
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