Every morning Ajit Kumar Pattnaik, 45, goes into one of the six enclosures in the middle of the Nandankanan Zoological Park and touches a scaly mammal.
He then closely examines the quantity and quality of termites left as the mammal's food. The mammal, known as Indian pangolin, curls up as if in self-defence and then moves back into the burrow.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/saving-private-pangolin
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/farzand-ahmed
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/india-today-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nandakanan-sa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
