Pangolin

Yes, this is a real animal. I couldn't do much more than
stylize and airbrush the critter, because the gods saw fit
to make him cool just as he is.

Meet the Tree Pangolin. 35 different Pokémon were designed
off this guy. Yet I think I'm concerned... here's a direct copy
from Wikipedia:

"The tree pangolin is subject to widespread and often
intensive exploitation for bushmeat and traditional medicine,
and is by far the most common of the pangolins found in
African bushmeat markets. Conservationist believe that this
species has undergone a decline of 20-25% over the past 15
years (three pangolin generations) due mainly to the impact
of the bushmeat hunting. They assert that it continues to be
harvested at unsustainable levels in some of its range and
have recently elevated its status from "Least Concern" to
"Near Threatened"."

Given the exponential nature of such things,
this means my grandkids will only learn about
this beautiful creature in books.


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