Helping Pangolins

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A pangolin has hard, armor-like scales all over its body and tail; five-toed, sharply clawed feet; and a worm-like tongue that can extend up to 25 cm (10 inches). The pangolin looks more like a dinosaur than a mammal. Found across Asia and Africa, all eight of the existing pangolin species are listed as threatened to various degrees by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Pangolins are the world’s most illegally trafficked mammal, with poaching driven by demand for their meat and keratin scales, which are used predominantly in scientifically unproven traditional medicine. The latest book has come out. Dick’s photo of a Temmink’s pangolin is featured on the cover of “10 Years of Remembering Wildlife,” the latest in a series of photo books from the Remembering Wildlife Project, which donates its profits to conservation efforts.