Wilaffectionate creatures. Ge, diekmann are you gonna open up for me . Narrator . Before they are lost to the world forever. And by viewers like you. Thank you. O0 c1 narrator pangolins are shy, secretive creatures. Quite unlike anything else on earth. Their claws can dig through concrete. Their thin, sticky tongues are as long as their bodies. They can travel along on their hind legs. Al these ans have walked the planet for over 40 million years, and there are eight distinct species. Four are found in africa. And four in asia. Pangolins are the worlds only truly scaly mammals. Their scales, just like human fingernails, are made from keratin. But this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction. In the last 20 years, the demand for pangolin scales for use in traditional asian medicines has decimated their numbersworl. Today, a pangolin will be taken from the wild every five minutes. [ diekmann speaking native language ] [ man speaking native language on cellpne ] in nami
Will let us meet these strangeg intet, affectionate creatures. Diekmann are you gonna open up for me . Narrator . Before they are lost to the world fover. And by viewers like you. Thank you. O0 c1 narrator pangolins are shy, secretive creatures. Quite unlike anything else on earth. Ei claws can dig through concrete. Their thin, sticky tongues are as long as their bodies. They can travel along on their hind legs. Al these animals haked the planet for ov 40 million years, and there are eight distinct species. Four are found in africa. And four in asia. Pangolins are the worlds only truly scaly mammals. Their scales, just like human fingernails, are made from keratin. But this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction. In the last 20 years, the demand for pangolin scales for use in traditional asian medicines has decimated their numbers worldwide. Today, a pangolin will be taken from the wild every five minutes. [ diekmann speaking native language ] [ man speaking native