$300 obo http://cgi.ebay.com/Taxidermy-fine-PANGOLIN-Mount-Wildlife_W0QQitemZ130243071778QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130243071778&_trkparms=72%3A552|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Coat_of_Pangolin_scales.JPG
― forksclovetofu, Monday, 4 August 2008 20:57 (seventeen years ago)
poor pangolin: http://www.sciam.com/video.cfm?id=21949B960CDD29A4D643CEC1FA6DF5A3 so noble! http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/STEAM/2005/Pangolin2.jpg
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)
so inscrutable! http://gwendabond.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/pangolin1_2.jpg
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)
Errr, that ebay listing is fucked. As far as I can make out, it's in breach of international law:
In 2000, a complete ban on international pangolin trade was adopted by Parties to CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
Despite the trade ban and tough penalties for those caught smuggling, poaching continues unabated. In China, two pangolin smugglers received suspended death sentences in November 2007 and were fined a total of RMB3 million (USD400,000), whilst their accomplices received jail sentences ranging between 10 years and life.
Indonesia is party to CITES. What the heck, I think I'm going to try and shop these douchebags.
― NickB, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 18:52 (seventeen years ago)
Okay, I've just watched that video report by the gloriously named Sonya Legg, I guess you knew the illegal bit already.
― NickB, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)
I'm inclined to think the ebayers are just scammers. Likely pull the money with no pangolin to show. If not, it's maybe an antique; like selling a stuffed passenger pigeon. In any case, I'm not seriously recommending buying from these folks. This is a thread to celebrate the glory and beauty and lament the scarcity and cruelty toward the wondrous pangolin.
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah no worries, I'm totally with you there. Fantastic creatures, they look like a cross between a hedgehog and a dinosaur.
― NickB, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)