They look utterly ridiculous and they are my favourite thing you’re welcome and goodbye
That’s a fucking Sandshrew.
Take a closer look at that snout!
Okay no but can I tell you more about these amazing creatures? Whereas adorable and interesting to look at, the Pangolin is also unfortunately the most hunted and trafficked animalin the world. In the last decade, millions have been killed at traded, most commonly to China and Vietnam. An estimated 100,000 are killed every single year. These poor cutie patooties are also heavily threatened by rapid habitat loss. There are 8 subspecies of Pangolin living in Asia and Africa, but because of this degree of poaching, all eight subspecies are on the IUCN Red List of animals that are threatened with extinction, and are regarded as one of the most endangered groups of mammals in the world.
And this makes me so frustrated and sad because how interesting are these animals? They are the only mammal in the world to be completely covered in scales. However, it is precisely because of this unique property that they are so hunted. These scales, made out of Keratin just like Rhino horn or Human fingernails, are believed to have medicinal properties (they don’t) by practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine; they are believed to be able to cure everything from acne to cancer. Their scales can be sold on the black market for up to $3000 per Kilogram, and this is a primary driving force behind their rapidly dwindling numbers. Worse, a lack of public and governmental awareness about the threats faced by these beautiful creatures, as well as a lack of funding and political will, have made this illegal trade very difficult to combat and manage, leaving the Pangolins vulnerable to constant hunting.
It certainly doesn’t help that a Pangolin’s natural response to a threat is to curl up into a little protective scaly ball. Whereas effective against their traditional predators (big cats have no idea what to do with them when in that state), this also makes them even easier for poachers to catch and kill them.
While adorable looking, you can kinda see how this makes a poacher’s job a helluva lot easier.
Pangolins are brilliant and special and amazing and don’t deserve this terrible fate. The question now is what you can do to help!
Don’t buy Pangolin Products, and spread the word as well. A relatively simple step. As mentioned, Pangolin scales do not have any special medical properties. So don’t buy them, don’t buy their meat, don’t buy them as decorations, and encourage your friends and family not to as well.
Support The Movement Conservation requires funding. When trying to conserve an animal as threatened as this, funding becomes all the more integral. Help by purchasing a thing or two from the Save Pangolins Online Store. 100% of the profits from this goes to the conservation effort.
Also, help sign this petition to get Google to participate in World Pangolin Day to help raise awareness about their plight! There are a few petitions that come up from time to time, but due to this animal’s relative obscurity and because people don’t know about them, they are small and few in number. Which brings us back to number 1 - spread the word.
Report Wildlife Crimes If you see Pangolins being sold in any shape or form, contact your local authority, or contact one of these organizations below (especially if you’re in the area, be it as a tourist or a local.): Cambodia: Wildlife crime hotline 012 500 094 / 023 224 758 Vietnam: Education For Nature (EFN) Hotline 1 800-1522 or email hotline@fpt.vn ASEAN WEN Wildlife Crime Hotlines: www.asean-wen.org/index.php/crime-report-hotline
Pangolins are adorable and need our help! Every little bit counts!
To end on a happier note, here’s a picture showing how Pangolin mums carry their children around. They ride on the back of their mum’s tail, how adorable is that I can’t.
No matter your feelings towards My Little Pony and it’s fandom, you have to admit that they’ve covered an awful lot of ground for a preschool show in just over 100 episodes.
Bullying.
Racism and racial stereotyping.
Feminism and gender equality.
Disability and ableism.
Animal rights.
The importance of free expression, being allowed to be yourself both inside and out.
The loss of a loved one.
Tolerance and understanding between different cultures.
Mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, and the importance of understanding how your actions affect people suffering from them.
And in today’s mid-season finale, self harm.
It’s really quite remarkable.
Reading this post just unleashed a bunch of memories of the previous episodes and how they’ve actually helped me a lot in the real world.
Like, say all you want about the fans, but the show is just so beautiful and it’s so pure :’) Beautiful life lessons.
Y'ALL NEED TO WATCH THIS SHOW PLEASE
same here, it has helped me a lot. I’d probably be a lot less happy and friendly than I am now…
even i have to admit it helped me out of an awful road but it kinda took me to the most embarrassing actions i will ever take in life too so yeah, if you go down that road be careful.
mintaiope asked: Hey could you like not talk trash about my friend ? Just because you think he need help doesn't mean you have to announce it, ya know. So what if he got ' butthurt ' it's personal to him so you can just give it up. Its over, stop talking about it.
Trash talking. You mean exactly what your friend is doing about me? Just because I’m unwilling to coddle him, doesn’t mean I’m trash talking him. If anything, I’m being extremely reasonable I think. I’m not the one sending links to my blog and sending white knights.
I’d very much like for all to be over honestly. If he really wants it to be over, he can move on and stop ‘vague blogging’ about it. Besides, he’s blocked, what is he doing looking my way?
