Wild Kratts
A Pango-what?
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Aviva, Martin and Chris find a unique and scaly creature, the pangolin!
While collecting information on the wonders of keratin, Martin, Chris and Aviva spot a pangolin. A scaly ant-eater, in its own family, with a unique walking style. Suddenly, the pangolin is approached by lions. As a defense mechanism, the creature rolls into a ball, protecting itself with its tough, keratin-infused scales! These scales grow out of its skin, similar to hair and fingernails.
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Wild Kratts
A Pango-what?
Clip | 2m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
While collecting information on the wonders of keratin, Martin, Chris and Aviva spot a pangolin. A scaly ant-eater, in its own family, with a unique walking style. Suddenly, the pangolin is approached by lions. As a defense mechanism, the creature rolls into a ball, protecting itself with its tough, keratin-infused scales! These scales grow out of its skin, similar to hair and fingernails.
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What was that?
A pangolin!
A pangolin!
(Laughing) Wow!
A panga-what?
Pangolin, it'’’s a kind of scaly anteater, but not really related to anteaters.
They'’’re pangolins, pure and simple.
They'’’re in a family of their own.
And a pangolin has a really cool walk.
They walk on their hind legs with their front paws in the air.
Like, like, a T. Rex.
Hey, that'’’s what I'’’m going to call you, "T. Rex".
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second.
Back up.
(Sighing) No, I mean back up to the part where you explain to me why you never told me about this creature.
I'’’ve never seen anything like it!
I'’’ve never heard of it, nothing!
You guys are supposed to tell me about cool animals, remember?
Well, I guess we forgot.
"Forgot"?
Yeah, now we feel bad.
It'’’s not personal, T. Rex.
T. Rex?
Over there!
Uh-oh.
Do something!
You can'’’t let anything happen to that pangolin!
Hang on.
Wait for it.
(Sniffing) There!
A scaly suit of armor!
Those lions can'’’t get through with their sharp claws?
Nope.
It'’’s all in the keratin!
Every scale is hard, thick and super tough.
AVIVA: You'’’ve got to be kidding me!
A lion jaw can'’’t get through?
Yeah, that'’’s right.
And those lions better be careful because the edges of the scales are sharp.
And they can cut a lion.
CHRIS: And they'’’re almost impossible to pry open once they'’’re rolled up.
AVIVA: Wow!
MARTIN: Yup, not easy to get through that rock-solid defense.
You don'’’t mess with a pangolin.
Yes!
A pangolin scale.
I'’’ve got to make a pangolin suit.
And with your scans and this scale, I have everything I need to know about keratin to do it!
See you!
Amazing!
So, these scales grow out of her skin a lot like hair and fingernails.
It'’’s like she has a bunch of super strong fingernails all over her body, all made of keratin.
Wow, and put together 1,000 of those scales and you have a real suit of armor.
It'’’s going to be the best defense ever!
Can we test it out yet?
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