This week’s video comes from the Manyoni Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, where Dithlong (nicknamed Ditsi), the Temminck’s pangolin, is showing off her incredible swimming skills to the world.
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Ditsi’s humorous antics are also drawing attention to the serious plight of the pangolin. Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal, with a shocking 2.7 million killed by poachers every year for their scales.
Thankfully, Ditsi was saved from this fate, having been rescued from illegal traffickers during a sting operation. She is making a strong recovery at Manyoni, and is almost ready to be released back into the wild when she is fully rehabilitated.
