What kind of food does pangolin eat? What are the natural enemies? What level of animal protection is it? Can I breed it artificially?

Pangolin (Lepidoptera) generally refers to the genus pangolin, which often goes out for food at night, sleeps during the day and goes out at night, and curls into a ball when it encounters the enemy. What kind of food does pangolin eat? What are the natural enemies? What level of animal protection is it? Can I breed it artificially? According to the data of pangolin family, pangolin feeds on termites and ants, including ant larvae and eggs, as well as ants and their larvae, bees, wasps and other insect larvae. It eats so much that the stomach of an adult pangolin contains 500 grams of termites. You can also go up the tree to find termites, hook the trunk with sharp claws, and then hold or roll the trunk with a powerful tail. Late summer and early autumn mating, followed by pregnancy, childbirth and feeding in the cave. In the early spring of the following year, the cubs were carried out of the hole by the mother, and sometimes there were interesting scenes of the mother carrying the cubs and even three cubs competing to ride on the mother's back.

What are the natural enemies of pangolins?

Pangolins often dig holes in the grass in the foothills or in moist places in hills and thickets. It crouches into a ball when it encounters an enemy, and the hard shell makes it difficult for the beast to bite or swallow. When large predators such as lions try to bite pangolins that are huddled together, pangolins also use their muscles to cut scales and cut the enemy's mouth. Animals that try to eat pangolins will be seriously injured. The tongue is slender, retractable, with sticky saliva. When looking for food, look for an ant nest with a keen sense of smell, dig an ant hole with strong forelimb claws, dig the nose deep into the hole, and lick it with a long tongue.

How many levels of animal protection is pangolin?

Pangolins are widely hunted in Asia for food and traditional medicine. The species has declined significantly in its native habitat, and the Chinese pangolin has been listed in Appendix II to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora since 1990, indicating that any commercial use of hunting from the wild is prohibited. Exports and trade are prohibited in a number of different countries and regions, including Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Animals under second-class state protection in China are prohibited from hunting, killing, smuggling or trafficking, and may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than five years, and the maximum penalty for serious cases is life imprisonment.

Can pangolins be cultured artificially?

1. Pangolins can be cultured artificially, but they cannot be propagated artificially. Now pangolins in farms are small pangolins captured in the wild.

2. Certificates required for artificial breeding of pangolins:

The farmers shall write a "report on applying for the license for domestication and breeding of Wild Animals" in writing to the village units, township (town) forestry stations, and forestry administration units (sections) of the county (city) forestry bureaus for examination and approval, and then the provincial forestry department shall approve and issue the "Wildlife breeding and domestication license" to carry out breeding.