Has Earth’s Most Trafficked Mammal Stopped the World?

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal on earth, sold for their meat and scales in wildlife markets around the world. The quirky, anteater-like animal is now at the center of the COVID-19 crisis.

Singapore’s MacRitchie Reservoir is one of the only places in the country to be completely isolated in the rainforest, away from the urban jungle. On a midnight trek recently, my companion and I trudged through muddy trails in pitch-black darkness with only headlamps to guide us. Without warning, my friend grabbed my arm and pointed, claiming that he had seen an anteater. I leaned forward to shine my headlamp into the bush and saw only a few scales rustle and disappear.It’s a snake, I started to say. I caught myself. The sole creature in Singapore that looks like an anteater with scales is the pangolin.

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