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1. Take a fun quiz to see which figurative pangolin best represents your personality (don't forget to share your pangolin personality type with others): https://t.co/hEvmklUeLR
2. Learn interesting facts about pangolins: https://t.co/Q5j3Ddtvbc
(Day 7: Love the Pangolin): What is your pangolin personality type!? Tell us which #pangolin you are! Tag family and friends and have some fun!
More personality types here: https://t.co/L6LuZeuiHU
Art: @artkiddan
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#Pangolinscicommweek (Day 5: Cultural significance and perceptions): In the late 90s, people in many east African tribes believed burning #pangolin scales repel lions (a major threat to livestock). We are not sure if this practice continues to this day.
Art: Tchatchou B.
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#Pangolinscicommweek (Day 4: Threat): Temminck’s pangolins are threatened by accidental electrocution by electric fences used to protect game & livestock farms, esp in South Africa & Namibia. #SciArtTweetStorm #Science
Please retweet and follow our #scicomm event.
Art: Kačka C.
#Pangolinscicommweek (Day 4: Threat): DYK the US was a major importer of #pangolin products until around 2000? Pangolin scales were used to make boots (costing up to US$1,500), belt & handbags. #science #SciArtTweetStorm
More and Source: https://t.co/CEDsUvmPLT
Art: Kačka C.
#Pangolinscicommweek (Day 1: Ecology): #Pangolins are more closely related to the order Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears) despite looking more like Xenarthrans (anteaters, armadillos, sloths).
Like. Retweet. Art: Emily Pardoe-Billings
#scicomm #pangolinscicomm #artscicomm
#Pangolinscicommweek (Day 1: Ecology):
#Pangolins are insectivores, feeding mainly on ants & termites, possibly helping to regulate ant/termite populations. They also enhance diff soil processes- nutrient cycling & aeration when they excavate burrows.
Retweet! Art:@JoAnnaScience
#PangolinoArtChallenge Day 11: Swimming Pangolin
White-bellied and Sunda pangolins are good swimmers 🏊♂️. Onto Day 11 of the Pangolino Art Challenge – PANGOLIN EATING ANTS! 💚 Don’t forget to tag PANGOLINO. Have fun.
More:https://t.co/ZThK98gB6m
#PangolinoArtChallenge Day 10: Rolled up pangolin
What do you think of the pangolin's defence mechanism of rolling into a ball? Onto Day 11 of the Pangolino Art Challenge – SWIMMING PANGOLIN! 💚 Don’t forget to tag PANGOLINO. Have fun!
More:https://t.co/ppwYoIZIpd
#PangolinoArtChallenge Day 6: Black-bellied Pangolin
Black-bellied pangolins have the longest tail of all pangolins. Onto Day 7 of the Pangolino Art Challenge – INDIAN PANGOLIN! 💚 Don’t forget to tag PANGOLINO & most importantly, have fun!
More:https://t.co/GSyc6ykEgU