Sunday, June 1, 2008

More about pangolins

As I seem to have been getting away from my pangolin theme, let me take this moment to return to it with this video:

Pangolin video

Not only is it narrated by David Attenborough, but it's also full of wonderful pangolin footage and facts. One fact that I just learned that was not included in this video is that the pangolin is the only mammal, I believe, that does not have teeth. Go figure.

3 comments:

Baczooski said...

Oh wow, i have so many thoughts on that video.

1. I LOVE DAVID

2. Those things are evolutionary beasts

3. they are so cute when they walk

4. please please please bring one home so we can raise it as our child.


-chev

Anonymous said...

I want to know how the locals say pangolin. I assume that will be your #1 priority for Tommo-So. My dictionary says the French got the term from Austronesian (Malay) of all places, lit. meaning "the one who rolls up". I recognize the pang prefix from Tagalog. Very cute.

Anonymous said...

Pretty soon you're going to know more about pangolins than you do about pigeons.