How many cubs does the pangolin give birth to? How long can you grow up? How do you eat?

Although the pangolin is ugly, but its value is very high, is a kind of valuable medicine, generally rare, even if there are, but also mostly artificial breeding out, and if you want to raise a good pangolin, you need to understand its characteristics, such as fertility, feeding, and so on. How many cubs does the pangolin give birth to? How long can you grow up? How do you eat?

How many cubs does a pangolin give birth to?

Pangolin is a viviparous animal, which can reproduce all the year round. The time of mating is mainly from April to May. During estrus, male and female cohabit, then separate after mating, and the delivery period is from December to January of the following year. The pregnancy period is about 5-6 months, the male pangolin estrus lasts for a long time, the male estrus is always in estrus and does not show periodicity; the female estrus has 2-5 estrus cycles and the estrous cycle is 12-25 days. The female is no longer in estrus after conception. Males look for females everywhere during estrus, cohabit during estrus and separate after mating. Pangolins give birth to one child a year and occasionally give birth to two.

How long can you grow up?

The newborn pangolin weighs 90-130 grams, closed eyes, scaleless, light white, half-month-old open eyes; gain 200-500 grams after one month, scales gradually keratosis, mostly dark brown; 2 months later can go out with the mother pangolin foraging; when going out, the cubs crouched on the back and tail of the mother. Feed on ants and termites, as well as insect larvae. 6-month-old offspring can weigh up to 1500-2000 grams and can live independently without their mothers.

How do you hunt?

The food is mainly termites, as well as black ants, ant larvae and other insect larvae. When foraging, first grasp the ant nest with the long claws of the forelegs, then insert the mouth into the ant hole, and lick termites or other ants with a sticky and retractable tongue. Pangolins eat a lot. The stomach of an adult pangolin can hold up to 500 grams of termites. According to the observation of scientists, in 250 mu of woodland, as long as there is an adult pangolin, termites will not cause harm to the forest, it can be seen that pangolin plays an important role in protecting forests, dams, maintaining ecological balance, human health and so on. The way to prey is:

1. Stick the long retractable tongue out of your lips, put it on the ground, let the ants with a good sense of smell crawl all over the tongue, then suddenly shrink the tongue, and swallow all the greedy ants.

2. Spread the scales all over the body, also let the greedy ants crawl all over the body, and then drill into the water. Let the ants see the water come to the surface, then lick it, and there is no one left.

3. Break the earth and dig holes, destroy the ant nest "Lianpan end" and eat it together.