WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct

Poaching in China is out of control Public Domain Not as snuggly as they look Chinese officials recently intercepted a record-breaking illegal shipment in Shanghai: Nearly 3.5 tons of pangolin scales were found hidden inside a ship carrying Nigerian wood products. Officials estimate that as many as 7,500 animals could have been slaughtered to produce the…