Cool facts about pangolins:

1. A single pangolin can eat up to 70 million insects in a year.
2. Pangolins are more closely related to cats, dogs, and bears than to armadillos and anteaters.
3. They close their ears and nostrils to keep out insects while eating.
4. A pangolin’s scales make up about 20 percent of its weight.
5. Pangolins are the only mammals with scales ¹.

Additional facts:

• Pangolins are solitary and active mostly at night.
• They range in size from a large housecat to more than four feet long.
• They roll into a ball to protect their soft furry undersides when threatened.
• Their scales are hard and sharp for extra protection against predators ^{2 3 4 5}.