如果看过《葫芦娃》，你可能还对那个动画中被害死的善良穿山甲有印象。这种单纯可爱的生物在现实中的生存状况更加可怜，世界上的8种穿山甲全部处于濒临灭绝的状态。
By Rose Bolger
Do you know what a pangolin is? An instrument, guessed one friend. Term for a baby panda, perhaps? A tropical fruit grown in Indonesia, was another oddly specific response.
你知道穿山甲是什么吗?“乐器”，一位朋友猜道。又或许是熊猫宝宝的别称？还有一个一本正经而令人哑然失笑的回答是: 一种生长在印度尼西亚的热带水果。
I've been conducting this haphazard survey ever since I came across the pangolin in a story about an illegal wild animal trafficking operation.
自从偶然在一个关于非法贩卖野生动物的资讯中了解穿山甲后，我就时不时地进行这样的小调查。
Whilst having a low profile in the general public, it seems the pangolin is well known in the black market trade in dead or live animals. That's right, the pangolin is an animal. Imagine an aardvark with an even more impressive suit of armor and an endearing habit of curling up into a tight ball.
穿山甲尽管不被大众熟知，但却是黑市交易的“明星”，人们在这里买卖活动物或死动物。没错，穿山甲是一种动物，想象一下，它型似非洲食蚁兽，铠甲却更为引人注目，还喜欢蜷缩成一团球，十分可爱。
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