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Please who knows what this animal is called? It was killed somewhere in abuja?

Goat

Eranko inugbe

I think it should be armadillo, I mean speaking from the body armor but we Nigerians kill every animal we encounter?

It looks like an armadillo, but then again do we have armadillos in Nigeria? Need to read up on this one. I hope whoever killed it ate it... Waste

Modified: its a west African pangolin, a nocturnal animal that feeds on insects, a highly endangered specie according to WWF..
Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin. The pangolin is the only known mammal with this adaptation. They live in hollow trees or burrows, depending on the species. Pangolins are nocturnal, and their diet consists of mainly ants and termites which they capture using their long, specially adapted tongues. Th[b]ey tend to be solitary animals, meeting only to mate and produce a litter of one to three offspring which are raised for about two years. [b]Pangolins are threatened by hunting (for their meat and armor) and heavy deforestation of their natural habitats. They are the most trafficked mammal in the world.[3] All eight pangolin species are listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species..http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

Blakjewelry:
I think it should be armadillo, I mean speaking from the body armor but we Nigerians kill every animal we encounter?

The thing tire me, even harmless creatures are hacked to death..

pangolin or armadillo ? I dunno it looks weird

Spaxon:
pangolin or armadillo ?
I dunno it looks weird

Pangolin

Why would you kill such an exotic animal....


You would have made a ton o dough....

Baroba:
Pangolin

aitte

It's probably a Pangolin

Blakjewelry:
I think it should be armadillo, I mean speaking from the body armor but we Nigerians kill every animal we encounter?

Kill it or it kills you

Sometimes Nigerians can be very cruel and stupid. I bet you can't see an African pangolin in most Nigerian zoos' so why kill it when you can actually donate to a zoo or sell it??. Well, I blame illiteracy sha... Nigerians know nothing about wildlife

It‘s scaly anteater. When attacked,it rolls into a ball form.

Namdeenero:
Sometimes Nigerians can be very cruel and stupid. I bet you can't see an African pangolin in most Nigerian zoos' so why kill it when you can actually donate to a zoo or sell it??. Well, I blame illiteracy sha... Nigerians know nothing about wildlife

Preach on bro, a threatened harmless anteater (Pangolin) just hacked to death.l.

Truth24:
Kill it or it kills you

No most of these animals are harmless, they only attack in self defense.

Awwww. Poor Animal!!!

It looks like a crawling rabbit after been killed.

Op, this would have been someone's pet, if it wasnt killed

Or better still, captured and taken to a Zoo

They (Pangolins) are not naturally harmful, only defensive.

Got very long claws and tongue. (Scary tho)

I love the way it curls up.

Sad!!!

demelza:
Harmless ke!
Every member of the reptile family should be hacked down.
Revolting creatures

Lol.. That's not true, Pangolins are not harmful at all, I have held one before at a conservatory in England.. Reptiles don't come chasing humans, even the dreaded black mamba snake will run away when it sees humans, they only become defensive when threatened.

its called a pangolin. they are endangered species now. Quite harmless. Google even dedicated a doodle homepage to them recently

s name is akuu in esan language.very strong animal with hard skin...d skin can be grind n use in cooking soup.

Blakjewelry:
I think it should be armadillo, I mean speaking from the body armor but we Nigerians kill every animal we encounter?

u cnt blame dis dull generation duh.evrrytin to dem look scary..kill or b killd....last tym i saw dis animal wz in edo state abt 17yr ago.grandpa caught it with trap.all my sister took off after seein d animal.lolz.i miss grandpa duh.rip gpa.