Pangolin | World's Weirdest

With its giant digging claws, the pangolin is nature's backhoe. And a long, sticky tongue — capable of slurping up thousands of ants or termites every day — makes it the scourge of the bug world.

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Pangolin | World's Weirdest

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[parkerdixon-word]

I find these animals oddly adorable. That walk is just hilarious, and their little faces are so friendly.

[Anonyhouse]

How are they so damn cute?  Look at how they're walking!  Like it's almost thinking "oh dear oh dear oh dear" when it walks.

[kaij]

That's how I walk when I'm getting ready in the morning.

[brianburke]

This is one of the coolest creatures I have seen in a long time.

[lolhx]

This thing looks like it's constantly walking around super worried, like someone would pace in a hospital waiting for news about a loved one.

[davidmendez]

The Pangolin. My new favorite animal. Everything from the derpy walk to the over active metabolism.
Perfect.

[willvr]

I always wondered what it would look like if a stegosaurus mated with an artichoke.

[antMANscochiey]

Just the fact that that thing is bipedal is amazing.

[Hsanity]

According to Google doodle "Earth Day: Which animal are you?" i'm a Pangolin, but i personally struggling to see the resemblance...

[Dragonzzilla]

I swear, the Pangolin is the dragon of the ant world. It's huge, has a tail, is heavily-armored, has massive claws to break into your castle, and it kills everyone you know and love with tongues of red death... face it, this thing should be given wings and teeth, and we'll call it good.

[skwidmanbarbarian]

All hail the pangolin, destroyer of ant kind, doom bringer of the colonies!

[Pajgubb]

The way this animal walks is just majestic. 

[ecwinste]

It's actually kind of cute!   You know, these things are ENDANGERED and are trafficked by criminals in CHINA where they BOIL the scales off its body and use its scales and blood in traditional medicines!   
Like all endangered animal trafficking, this needs to stop, yet more of these animals are disappearing every day, more than the more-known animals due to the fact it's so obscure!  Let people know about the pangolin and share this video!

[gufosufo]

everything was fine until the pangolin nation attacked

[BottomGlassCinema]

"The surviving ants may be able to regroup and rebuild. But when they do, the Pangolin will be there to destroy it all over again."

Dick.

[AJPistole]

I love the way it gets around...just wobbling.

[walterbishop]

They are like creepy old granpa :) and his french kissing skills is amazing.

[johnnyfavorite]

To ants, the Pangolin is Godzilla for real!🐲

[Spartansoldier]

It's honestly kind of adorable. In a spiky, perpetually-covered-in-pests kind of way.

[brainnfire]

According to BBC it is the most trafficked mammal in the world. And I'm just meeting him now O.o
Save him, he is awesome!