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What the heck is a "tortios"!?

I still say inconclusive.

You Nelspruit people are so opinionated...

Pangolin sighted at 16h30 today walking next to the road!!!!!!!!!

Pangolin Pics

http://icare.carewaysgroup.com/knp/

You mean this one Russel

Wasn't it great?
Right next to the road, strolling along like it was having an evening break... off towards the party at the Orpen watering hole...

What a special sight. This is an animal I'm yet to see in Kruger.

Hi everyone,

I'm working in lower sabie and is busy with my B-tech degree in Nature Conservation, my project is about Pangolin and i really need all the information on sightings i can get so please if you know anything or see anything in the area of lower sabie please do not hesitate!!!!

Thanks a million!!!

FYI


Pangolin are hunted and eaten in many parts of Africa and it is one of the more popular types of bush meat. Pangolins are also in great demand in China because their meat is considered a delicacy and some Chinese believe pangolin scales reduce swelling, promote blood circulation and help breast-feeding women produce milk. This, coupled with deforestation, has led to a large decrease in the numbers of Giant Pangolins.

Pangolin populations have suffered from illegal trafficking. In May 2007, for example, Guardian Unlimited reported that 31 pangolins were found aboard an abandoned vessel off the coast of China. The boat contained some 5,000 endangered animals.

The Guardian recently provided a description of the killing and eating of pangolins: "A Guangdong chef interviewed last year in the Beijing Science and Technology Daily described how to cook a pangolin: 'We keep them alive in cages until the customer makes an order. Then we hammer them unconscious, cut their throats and drain the blood. It is a slow death. We then boil them to remove the scales. We cut the meat into small pieces and use it to make a number of dishes, including braised meat and soup. Usually the customers take the blood home with them afterwards.'" [8]

On November 10, 2007, Thai customs officers announced that they had rescued over 100 pangolins as the animals were being smuggled out of the country, en route to China, where they were to be sold for cooking. [9]

On my first Morning Walk June 2000 from Pretoriuskop we saw one adult. It curled up and we got right up to it. It is a sight I will never forget I do feel very lucky, to have seen at least one in my life in the wild

Hi, MJ!

See you're still around...

Dwarf and a friend of mine called "Toon" saw a pangolin in the tar road just south of Afsaal one late afternoon around 2001!

It was "Toon's" second visit to Kruger...

(And they saw serval...)

Seen on the S28 between Croc Bridge and Lower Sabie By Ian Brown in august 2007:

I know that many may say I am greedy but I want to see another one. Hopefully in August. Anyone ever spotted a Pangolin in the Letaba or Satara area?

Am going on a walk from Pkop in April.

Maybe I will get lucky.

I hope so....I wanna seen more pics!

Good Luck Bush Baptist.

Does anyone know how the Afrikaans name for pangolin; ietermagog originated? I read that the English name is from the Malay peng-goling. This is just for interest sake as this unique name has always facinated me.