The hard scales of the pangolin keep it safe from the powerful jaws of the lion.
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All pangolin species are on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. They are considered the world’s most trafficked mammal. It is very rare to see a pangolin in the wild. It’s even more rare to see a lion interacting with a pangolin. A lion bite is capable of generating 4,450 newtons of force. But when the pangolin curls up in a ball, the lion cannot find a good place to bite through the hard scales of the pangolin.
Read more in “Lion attacks pangolin in extremely rare video”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/01/lion-attacks-pangolin-rare-video-africa/
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