Seriously crazy looking creatures according to Steve Backshall, pangolins are a group of animals aptly described as looking like living pinecones. Confident in their flexible armour, pangolins ignore most other animals, as they can curl themselves up into a virtually impregnable ball. They have a super sense of smell that can find termites and ants from hundreds of metres away, and claws that can dig through ground as hard as concrete.

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