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Coronavirus: Pangolin revenge of the world's most poached mammal due to its scales and to its flesh?

### english / français ### Hopefully, the suspicion of being the vector of the coronavirus to humans will reduce its poaching! The pangolin is a solitary, insectivorous, toothless mammal with an elongated body covered in scales except on the belly and under the tail. The tips of its feet are provided with large claws for burrowing into termite mounds, anthills and decaying tree trunks and drilling cavities to remove termites, ants and their larvae, which are the main part of its diet, with the help of its very long, sticky tongue. It is able to walk on its hind legs (as an adult), using its prehensile tail for balance like gibbon monkeys. It walks on the outside of its front wrists to protect the very sharp claws on the fingertips from wearing down. The female is usually smaller and has a pair of udders. Also solitary, she meets a male only to mate and has a single offspring per year. If danger, they place their head between their hind legs, curling up into a ball exposing only their sharp scales. Pangolins are the most poached mammals in the world because of the therapeutic or aphrodisiac virtues, infounded by their scales in some traditional cultures, and the quality of their flesh.
In Gabon, a country in equatorial Africa, three species are present:
The Giant pangolin (Manis gigantea) with a long muzzle and a thick tail. It weighs 30-40 kg and measures 140 cm including the tail.. It is nocturnal and only terrestrial and therefore does not climb trees. It is a good swimmer.
The White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) is an arboreal and terrestrial pangolin, diurnal and nocturnal, covered with fine scales with three tips. Each foot has five long curved claws. It weighs 1.5-2.0 kg and measures 80 cm including the tail.
The Long-tailed Pangolin (Manis tetradactyla / four long curved claws ) is a diurnal arboreal pangolin. It weighs 2.0-2.5 kg and measures 100 cm including the tail. Its long prehensile tail can support its body. It feeds mainly on ants and their larvae found inside nests made of dried interlaced between tree branches, in hollow trees, or in the hollow stems of a small tree Barteria fistulosa, home to colonies of extremely aggressive ants with very painful stings. In Gabon, this tree is also known as the "adultery tree" because its ants (tetraponera), which protect "their" tree against possible aggressors, react to the slightest shock: unfaithful wives are therefore attached to its foot as a punishment. As my trap cameras are not placed in the trees, I have never filmed this pangolin during the day and at night.
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Le pangolin est un mammifère, solitaire, insectivore, édenté au corps allongé recouvert en grande partie d'écailles excepté sur le ventre et sous la queue. Les extrémités de ses pattes sont pourvues de griffes de grande taille capables d'éventrer les termitières, les fourmilières, les troncs d’arbre en décomposition et d’y forer les cavités pour retirer, à l’aide de sa très longue langue gluante, les termites, les fourmis et leurs larves représentant l’essentiel de son alimentation. Il marche sur l'extérieur des poignets avant pour protéger ses griffes très acérées au bout de ses pattes avant. La femelle est plus petite et possède une paire de mamelles. Elle ne rencontre un mâle que pour copuler et n’a qu’un descendant par an. En cas de danger, ils placent la tête entre les pattes arrière, s'enroulent pour devenir une boule couverte d’écailles. Les pangolins sont les mammifères les plus braconnés au monde en raison des vertus thérapeutiques ou aphrodisiaques infondées de leurs écailles dans certaines cultures traditionnelles et de la qualité de sa chair.
Au Gabon, pays d’Afrique équatoriale, trois espèces sont présentes :
Le pangolin géant (Manis gigantea) avec un long museau et une queue épaisse : 30-40 kg, 140 cm queue comprise, nocturne, uniquement terrestre car ne grimpe pas aux arbres. Il est un bon nageur.
Le Pangolin commun (Phataginus tricuspis) : 1,5-2,0 kg, 80 cm queue comprise, arboricole et terrestre, diurne et nocturne, couvert d’écailles fines dotées de trois pointes. Chaque pied possède cinq longues griffes.
Le Pangolin à longue queue (Manis tetradactyla) 2,0-2,5 kg, 100 cm queue comprise, arboricole et diurne. Il se nourrit essentiellement de fourmis et de leurs larves trouvées à l’intérieur de nids faits avec des feuilles séchées entrelacées entre des branches d’arbre, dans les arbres creux ou encore, dans les tiges creuses d’un petit arbre le Barteria fistulosa abritant des colonies de fourmis extrêmement agressives aux piqûres très douloureuses. Celui-ci porte également, au Gabon, le nom « arbre à adultère » car ses fourmis (tetraponera) protégeant “leur” arbre contre les agresseurs éventuels, réagissent au moindre choc : Les épouses infidèles y sont attachées à en guise de punition. Mes caméras pièges n’étant pas placées dans les arbres, mais au sol, je n’ai pas de fin de ce troisième pangolin présent au Gabon : Pangolin à longue queue

Видео Coronavirus: Pangolin revenge of the world's most poached mammal due to its scales and to its flesh? канала Xavier HUBERT-BRIERRE
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