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Pangolins defenceless despite armour
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The very thing that keeps the world's most trafficked mammal safe from animal predators is exactly what makes it so hunted by humans.
In the wild, the pangolin - toothless, lurching around ungainly on its feet - curls into a defensive ball when threatened, protecting its soft underside with an armour of hard scales that a predator would find hard to sink its teeth into.
