Once they emerge from their dens, they stay firmly gripped atop their mother’s back. Still, pangopups are particularly defenseless to predators. During the first days of life, pangolin mothers protect their young in underground burrows or tree hollows, while a pangopup’s soft pink scales harden for some protection. At birth, pangolins measure just six inches and weigh 3/4 of a pound. Often pangolins give birth to just one pangopup, but they may give birth to up to three in some Asiatic species.
Did you know that baby pangolins are sometimes called pangopups? You can usually find a pangopup clinging atop the precarious slope of a mother pangolin’s scaly tail.
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