See how an ant-eating Pangolin defended itself from the lions in the Air forest of India. The rare, armor plated pengolin had the perfect defensive tactic:roll up into a ball and stay there – whatever happens.
The hapless lion appeared confused by its spherical prey, as it batted the creature about with its paws and even tried to carry it around in its mouth. When caught by large predators such as lions they work their muscles into a cutting action to lacerate the mouths of their adversaries. The injuries caused can be serious for the animal attempting to eat the pengolin.
Pangolins survive by using their sensitive tongues, which can grow up to 16 inches long, to probe ant nests and termite mounds to eat the insects inside.
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