Pangolin

Cool Facts About Animals

Cool Facts About Animals Podcast

Podcast, Coolfacts, Education For Kids, Kids, Animals, Kids & Family, Pets & Animals

4.5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The pangolin might just be the cutest animal you've never heard of. Some of the many cool things about this animal: its tongue can be as long as a house cat; it can roll itself into a ball so protected even a lion can't get to it; and when the babies come out from their burrows for the first time, they ride on mama's back. Please rate, review and subscribe so others can find us. It really is very important, and only takes a moment. Website: coolfactsaboutanimalspodcast.wordpress.com Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coolfactaboutanimals/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coolanimalspod Email us at [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Cool Facts About Animals. I'm Allie Wilkinson, and today I'm joined by Grady.
0:05.5	Who's seven? Hey, Grady. Hi. Theo, who's three? Hey, Theo. Hi. Clara, who's five? And our special guest, Corderoy and Narwhal. Although I don't really know if they're special guests anymore since they're on every episode. Maybe they're just part of the show. Hi, guys. What?
0:21.6	There are special guests. Okay? They are special guests.
0:23.3	Okay.
0:23.8	They are still special.
0:25.4	And they're in their cozy blanket.
0:27.8	So today we're going to be talking about one of the cutest animals that maybe you've
0:31.9	never heard of before called the pangolin.
0:34.8	So it's pretty rare.
0:36.8	Let's start by talking about what they look like.
0:38.6	And, Mommy, can I talk about this one here?
0:40.6	So they have, like, these claws in the front, and they're covered in scales that are made
0:46.9	of keratin, the same thing as our fingernails, and rhinoceros swords, and zebra hoofs.
0:51.7	So does that make them pretty strong?
0:53.3	Yeah, a sword can't get through it.
0:55.7	Wow.
0:56.3	And even lions teeth.
0:57.5	Okay.
0:58.4	And then what, how else do they look?
1:00.8	Um, they also have a tongue as long as a house cat.
1:03.8	Normal house cat, though.
1:05.1	If the house cat was the size of an overgrown dog, then, then no.
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