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2020年8月4日—Ghostweighs38kgandisthelargestgiantpangolineverrecorded.·GhostwascapturedaspartofresearchforthetheEU'sEcofac6programme, ...
After a two-week chase through Lopé-Okanda national park, a mosaic of rainforest and savannah in central Gabon, David Lehmann and his Wildlife[1] Capture Unit were celebrating – they had caught a giant pangolin nicknamed Ghost, the biggest on record.
The team – consisting of eco-guards, an indigenous tracker, a field biologist and a wildlife vet – hope that Ghost, who weighs 38kg and measures 1.72m from nose to tail, will give valuable insights in their fight against poaching.
A nocturnal lifestyle and the fact that it feels most at home in a complex system of deep inaccessible burrows makes the giant ground pangolin – Smutsia gigantea – one of the least researched species in the animal kingdom.
“We know little about their basic ecology, their movements and population sizes, and our lack of knowledge hi...
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