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  • Maria believes that the only way to save pangolins is to introduce them to the public. Photographer Brad is ready to give Honey Bun the pangolin her close-up, but that is easier said than done!
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    Natural World: Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal
    The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world. Based in Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann rescues and rehabilitates her local pangolins. In a bid to better understand the global issues they are facing, we follow Maria to Vietnam, Thailand and China into the very heart of the crisis, where demand for pangolin products is greatest. In what turns out to be an emotional journey, Maria joins forces with a Chinese megastar to build a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of an animal most people have never even heard of.
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  • @zeddez3342
    @zeddez3342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Not on my watch"
    Absolutely beautiful
    I hope humankind never loses it's connection to nature. I don't believe I have a soul in my body, my soul is this world and everything in it.

  • @Nitka022
    @Nitka022 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful...absolutely the sweetest footage I watched for awhile...here is hoping we can save them! We MUST be ruthless in their protection....more videos and articles are needed!!

  • @simone222
    @simone222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Honey Bun is so cute!!! Thank you Maria and Brad. Us humans really need to step up to our duty as vanguards of nature.

  • @alisons9661
    @alisons9661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This is great! Educating the younger generations to stop the medicine myth worldwide.

    • @janicejiang5713
      @janicejiang5713 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for saying this. May I add that it refers to traditional Chinese medicine just so more people can be aware?

  • @Orelldo
    @Orelldo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I hope this helps with conservation issues. Pangolins are so cute

  • @caz7363
    @caz7363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a magnificent creature.

  • @NightShadow720
    @NightShadow720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    With the pangolin as an influencer, hopefully it will convince everyone else to save the pangolins. I know I would, because that pangolin is very persuasive.

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It will probably just make more psychopathic trash humans want pangolin parts.

    • @christopherbzowski4346
      @christopherbzowski4346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      plus with a name like honeybun it's not that difficult

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ZennExile and don't forget about the cause of increasing the Coronavirus since ignorant folks will eat these pholidota mammals for sure

    • @thebenancesmodesart
      @thebenancesmodesart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 I don't see how eating these would have anything to do with coronavirus. I'm not saying you should or anything, just to clarify.

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thebenancesmodesart hygiene: am I a joke to you?

  • @laurapomeroy7341
    @laurapomeroy7341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such a sweet and innocent creature 💕

  • @kv3168
    @kv3168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an absolute stunning animal.

  • @Adi-S
    @Adi-S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    I was lucky to be able to see one in nature on my safari trip. They are very rare and the guide told us that they have not seen one in three years!

    • @rosabean2886
      @rosabean2886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow! That's so cool!!

    • @andyl8055
      @andyl8055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rare because they’re being poached, right?

    • @sugma6723
      @sugma6723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andyl8055 yep, you can thank Chinese ‘medicine’ for that one! They use the scales to promote lactation in women and reduce swelling…great reasons to endanger 8 species of pangolin…

    • @Adi-S
      @Adi-S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sugma6723 Exactly what we were told!

  • @silto9119
    @silto9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Such an extraordinary and bizzare creature! Beautiful!

  • @M500VYN
    @M500VYN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She’s gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @rufflez3337
    @rufflez3337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The way these lil guys walk make my heart melt. They look like cute lil godzillas 🥰

    • @nomdeplume2213
      @nomdeplume2213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like tiny armored sloth zillas lol

    • @rufflez3337
      @rufflez3337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nomdeplume2213 right 😂

  • @twinflowerfioretta
    @twinflowerfioretta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    what a strong, emotionaly and amable story to bring awareness for Pangolins!
    my respect for this great Project!!💟 🎬 She is an outstanding woman and her passion to protect this rare and beautiful creature is absolutely fantastic! Why cant we stop all the barbaric cruelty against rare Animals? They belong to the *Earth* and not only to some rich people, who pay and selling them for a lot of Money just for eat a delicassy or medicine?!
    makes me angry, we are in the 21th century....🙄??

  • @einienj3281
    @einienj3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love them! So unique and cute! ❤️

  • @JamesEscobar
    @JamesEscobar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😂 that Pangolin is like "see ya when I see ya!!" Vapor trail!! She's so beautiful!

  • @braveworthy7960
    @braveworthy7960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God help these creatures to live a full life!
    (Honey Bun looks like a mini-Godzilla

  • @QuincyHatch
    @QuincyHatch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Oh wow!! I’ve never seen anything like it!!! I would have never known about this amazing animal if it wasn’t for this video!

  • @nickrider5220
    @nickrider5220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We must love and respect life in it's many forms, especially when they're this cute !

  • @yesyoucanTellme
    @yesyoucanTellme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    the early phase of this pandemic, i never had an ill impression about pangolins or bats. it was educative to follow the Australian bloggers.

  • @carolinasanabria7069
    @carolinasanabria7069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Not on my watch,” thank you! I will save animals on my watch too. Please save the pangolins everyone and spread the word!

  • @geronimo3180
    @geronimo3180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    save and be in touch with nature

  • @hanniaedithmartinezadame794
    @hanniaedithmartinezadame794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg, I love so much the anatomy of the pangolin.

  • @aves4081
    @aves4081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great strategy! Charismatic species are always receiving more funds than less known animals!

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    PLEASE SHOW THESE ANIMALS TO EVERYONE

  • @shannonroysden7908
    @shannonroysden7908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heartbreaking. They are beautiful. Thank you for this video. I need to see the full documentary.

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    AMAZING CREATURES like they have SCALES? so cool!

  • @withpeacelove366
    @withpeacelove366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks so funny the way they walk on two legs like little dinosaurs.

  • @TanyaQueen182
    @TanyaQueen182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can you ever not love a Pangolin? And Honey Bun is so special. I adore her.

  • @MH-pz8wf
    @MH-pz8wf ปีที่แล้ว

    when it said "taken" from the wild is an euphemism for killed

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    they are like little dinosaurs its so cool!

  • @fishingwithfilitsa
    @fishingwithfilitsa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very beautiful❤❤❤❤

  • @MrNegative101
    @MrNegative101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s like a little Trex!!!! I love

  • @ajitdeka490
    @ajitdeka490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hope people come forward to bring this beautiful creature out of endangered species list...I would love to be one of them too 💟🐾

  • @tovorotnetuda2022
    @tovorotnetuda2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SAVE PANGOLINS!!!

  • @krista2216
    @krista2216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pangolins are not cute and cuddly, and yet... They are. What?! She's beautiful, and she is obviously very close to these two people.

  • @theenlightenedone1283
    @theenlightenedone1283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *Make some merchandise of her with good messages*

  • @Fironnathedarkelf
    @Fironnathedarkelf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its name is Honey bun?!!!! Thats adorable

  • @msbeautyloverr
    @msbeautyloverr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love u honeybun

  • @weirdassbluecat
    @weirdassbluecat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honey bun?? Her name is honey bun?? I would die for her.

  • @leslieshoeb7240
    @leslieshoeb7240 ปีที่แล้ว

    These animals are beautiful. How can I help them. Thank you...

  • @CistudeSuisse
    @CistudeSuisse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Her name is HONEY BUN. I repeat, her name is HONEY BUN 😭💚💚💚💚

  • @mariadaluzmoutinho5701
    @mariadaluzmoutinho5701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Que fantástica campanha ...mas podera surtir efeitos, espero que sim!! O pano limite já é um influencer da natureza no papel que desempenha ..resta-nos a nós humanos fazer o nosso papel de preservar uma espécie incrível!!

  • @izazai6845
    @izazai6845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    bless you 💙 praying that all your efforts will work out and more pangolins will be saved 🙏💙

  • @phongcui
    @phongcui 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Đẹp quá

  • @CinnamonToastKing
    @CinnamonToastKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    They are truly such amazing animals. Everything about them is so interesting. Hell all animals when you really look at them are just so amazing. Look at insects like ants! There is so much to the animal kingdom that many people on this planet take for granted. Animals and what they do, what animals make them what they are, what instinctual things that control everything they do!
    It's just.....ahhh I could get so lost in learning all the ins and outs about how any particular creature functions because it's it's amazing what evolution has done. So amazing what mother nature; earth it self has done. It's so sad to still see archaic ways of thinking when it comes to the importance of many things on this planet that is needed to not only keep the planet but us alive.

  • @tamimhamad284
    @tamimhamad284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This reminds me of a southpark episode

  • @theenlightenedone1283
    @theenlightenedone1283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Humanity First*
    Love for all hatred for none
    Preach *Empathy*

  • @Vip__honey
    @Vip__honey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I respect everyone who were involved in this Seriously the best piece that i ve ever seen on TH-cam 💌 Hate off to well all 💟 love your videos ❤ ...

    • @ayoubmadad9396
      @ayoubmadad9396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love animals.

    • @ayoubmadad9396
      @ayoubmadad9396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome I am Ayoub from Morocco I love pets

  • @mugmug6415
    @mugmug6415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A cameraman filming a cameraman filming a pangolin.

    • @ScooBdont
      @ScooBdont 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It cameraman inception 😂

  • @dynamosaurusimperious2718
    @dynamosaurusimperious2718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really good

  • @nv5193
    @nv5193 ปีที่แล้ว

    We nee to protect honey buns kind and I aim to do so!

  • @mrsmith8224
    @mrsmith8224 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yep , the pangolins surely influenced the world

  • @rayperez5918
    @rayperez5918 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    100,000!? That is ridiculous and the saddest thing! 😕

  • @patriciajohnson-platt4779
    @patriciajohnson-platt4779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    💝

  • @watermeioan8384
    @watermeioan8384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Randy marsh already did

  • @MinhPham-vg6bw
    @MinhPham-vg6bw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Adios pangolin. Been nice seeing yah. Us humans gotta keep on breading. Only 8 billion of us in this world

  • @adamganski2012
    @adamganski2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍

  • @laylay2011
    @laylay2011 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Protect him before he goes extinct.!?

  • @barari12
    @barari12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👏💚

  • @sriramachandramurthypheelk8902
    @sriramachandramurthypheelk8902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💐💐💐🙏

  • @UtubeAW
    @UtubeAW 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting…. Pangolin is an armored anteater sorta like an armadillo is an armored‘possum.

  • @ky1ebetts
    @ky1ebetts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like a trilobite banged a football and this was the resulting lifeform.

  • @Hammer2k11
    @Hammer2k11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They are threatened cause the Chinese still believe in their bogus traditional medicine and they also think Pangolin meat is a delicacy.

  • @armcollector6660
    @armcollector6660 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok... HONEY BUN is amazing... Can't believe I just learned of these magnificent animals not long ago & now their in extreme extinction so sad I hope ws can save these beautiful animals & China & other ppl can learn the medicines they are using ade not vaid in any way I hose to see these animals on the rise!!

  • @MarcoPolo-qo1ge
    @MarcoPolo-qo1ge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    👍🏽 Great news
    Now people in China will be supporting after knowing

  • @shugoki2647
    @shugoki2647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can never again think of a pangolin without thinking of that South Park episode

  • @anamarialunaduenas1455
    @anamarialunaduenas1455 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @kylewalker9062
    @kylewalker9062 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pangolins are like nothing else on earth. They almost look like fictional and mythical creatures and sadly, that is all they will be if changes aren't made

  • @CistudeSuisse
    @CistudeSuisse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know they walk like Trex 😯

  • @MeIshKittie
    @MeIshKittie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks like it’s CGI when it’s walking

  • @user-dc1dr9kr8x
    @user-dc1dr9kr8x 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is a much much much cuter armadillo.....

  • @inthesenterofeverything666
    @inthesenterofeverything666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know you don't really have to let her go, about you'll bye feeling really hurt like if she die by some other animal, please don't let she go YOU don't have to, what you love can be with you

  • @celiajimenez1704
    @celiajimenez1704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍😍😍😍❤️

  • @rajupnjkr
    @rajupnjkr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pangolene saves jungle trees from Ants & termites, which hollow out the wooden stem & branches from inside , by eating them in lots by means of his long sticky tongue. He survives only on ants & termites
    But unfortunately again i have read that there is ( mis) belief in CHINA neighbouring India that eating Pangolene flesh very useful in curing from Gout .
    Again like Tiger Bone smuggling , there is Indo Chinese nexsus of poachers who smuggle pengolene to China .

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gruß Jürgen 🤠 👍

  • @OldEarthWisdom
    @OldEarthWisdom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish we could have learned more about the pangolin in this short video. Where are they found? How many are born at a time? Why are they going exstinc?

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are found in Asia (all species are critically endangered) and Africa (species are all endangered). They give birth to one baby at a time and they are going extinct because of wildlife trafficking to Asia (mostly China) where their scales are used in traditional medicine. They have conduct research and their scales have absolutely no medicinal value (they are made of keratin like your nails) and there are other "substitutes" that can be used, but they are on high demand, so much so that they are going extinct.

  • @cahgablug
    @cahgablug 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Halo I am from indonesia

  • @hoangngochieu6171
    @hoangngochieu6171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    YASUMINASAI

  • @mdwalidwalid01
    @mdwalidwalid01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇧🇩🇧🇩

  • @carsondouglas8600
    @carsondouglas8600 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The animal is SACRED. It should be protected by the government. punishment for possessing the scales and poaching should be years, even death.

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is illegal, but the demand is so high people find a way

  • @arianaink100
    @arianaink100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing. Also south park is wild and ruined this for me.

  • @elpirata5468
    @elpirata5468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please let these little
    Beauties live
    Ban all Pangolin products

  • @Saiyanpool
    @Saiyanpool 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too bad thanks to their beautiful nature... Randy started Covid.

  • @York1new
    @York1new 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's crazy to think that 25 million Chinese people is only %2.5 of their population

  • @johnandevefoster3816
    @johnandevefoster3816 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    why are people taking them?

  • @TheManBeastify
    @TheManBeastify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep Randy Marsh away from this pangolin!

  • @SvenskSork
    @SvenskSork 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone told me they hunt them for the scales used as "medicine" and the gamey yet veal like meat.
    But only as a luxury thing in China and Vietnam.....
    Eat farm animals and leave those poor Pangolins alone and if not I hope your house gets infested by termites and ants :P

  • @sminthian
    @sminthian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The key is getting Chinese people to understand that eating them doesn't give you superpowers. It's 2022...we really shouldn't need to be explaining that to millions of people...

  • @hoangngochieu6171
    @hoangngochieu6171 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chào! Mẹ Thiên Nhiên

  • @bulkyplant
    @bulkyplant ปีที่แล้ว

    How long before honey bun becomes soup medicine…

  • @thetrooper7784
    @thetrooper7784 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope that vid in China works

  • @dankydgaf
    @dankydgaf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Pangolins started the pandemic though

    • @activatekruger446
      @activatekruger446 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nope

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If it's indeed true that Covid was caused by a pangolin, then in a way it was the pangolin's way of having their revenge for being ruthlessly poached and slaughtered to extinction by humans just for their scales. Dang, saying that makes me feel like a sociopath for some reason. Realistically tho, we still don't know what the heck even caused Covid.

    • @Kvalesaur
      @Kvalesaur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How did they start the pandemic tell me?

    • @And...ow3ch
      @And...ow3ch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s why ppl shouldn’t eat them.

    • @Kvalesaur
      @Kvalesaur 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ur like 8

  • @Redevil870
    @Redevil870 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Algorithm comment

  • @bh3855
    @bh3855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Chinese ruined its good reputation, poor little thing.

  • @Dadakang12
    @Dadakang12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4th

  • @tracylee4442
    @tracylee4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    These are just adorable, and it’s horrifying that people are taking them from the wild. I love watching these segments. Keep up the good work!

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what's horrifying is the speed at which we are destroying wild habitats and driving thousands of species extinct so that you can live near convenient services and shop for worthless crap you don't need.

    • @jackalope_hunter
      @jackalope_hunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ZennExile thats all well and good, but please tell the asian markets to stop purchasing pangolin scales!

    • @tracylee4442
      @tracylee4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @zenn exile, your name suits you. Not very peaceful

  • @niranjanaarulnambi7309
    @niranjanaarulnambi7309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Since a few years ago when I did a school assignment on endangered species, I like to talk about pangolins at every opportunity I get with my friends & family......
    And Honey Bun looks so sweet and who could think of harming her?
    I hope we do realize as a community and save these cute pangolins!

  • @suitov
    @suitov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of my favourite animals. I couldn't release her into the wild after those statistics at the end about the bush meat trade. She'd have to go to a sanctuary or a zoo to continue her ambassadorial duties. I wouldn't be able to send her into that gauntlet.

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pangolins die in captivity, they must be released

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's why we have to fight so hard to save them. They cannot be placed in breeding programs in the zoo and they only have one baby at a time.

  • @KurdistanLazo
    @KurdistanLazo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It moves like a dinosaur

    • @einienj3281
      @einienj3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? I didn't know they walked on 2 legs like that.. cute!

    • @ky1ebetts
      @ky1ebetts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It looks like a 🏈 with legs when its walking.

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Prehistoric or modern dinos? Since There were dinosaurs that moved on 4 legs too
      Like These pholidotas can be both bipedal and quadrapidal at the same

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ky1ebetts that's the lamest description ever
      They pureply resembles pine needles with limbs when walking