True! According to Wikipedia, he tongue is too big for he gotdamn mouth, so much so that it actually extends into his abdomen. Similarly, his front claws are too big for walking and he uses his tail as counterbalance so he can walk on his hind legs. Pangolins are delightfully weird little creatures
Strange but adorable armoured dogs
basically an artichoke with legs
Such noble and ridiculous creatures :D
All of the above, and sadly really endangered. They’re a popular bushmeat animal and folk medicine in parts of the world says their keratin scales can cure all sorts of diseases. (They’re the same protein as rhino horn and sadly just as useless medicinally).
True love exists — At
the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South
Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of
Brodski Varoš, Croatia.
She can’t fly with him – her wing was injured by a hunter 22 years ago, so she patiently waits for him
throughout the fall and winter months.
Stjepan Vokić, a former school janitor, takes care of Malena while Klepetan is away.
While storks don’t necessarily mate for life, they do tend to return to the same nests and mating partner