Pangolin Art Black and White - by Nadya Neklioudova Tapestry

Have you ever heard of Pangolins? Though they are covered with scales, they are mammals - also called "scaled ant-eaters". They are amazing, ancient animals, whose only defense is to roll up into a ball when threatened. Those big claws are not sharp - they are only for digging out termite mounds. But just like us, they nurse their young with milk, and their babies ride around on their mother's tail until they are old enough to start eating termites and ants and forage on their own. They live in the jungles of Vietnam, China and South-East Asia, and they are very endangered due to poaching and wildlife trade today. I had the amazing experience of living with two of them, when I was growing up - they were two rescued pangolins taken ca...