Making a Pangolin an Influencer | Natural World | BBC Earth

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]

"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.

[@Adi-S]

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]

Wow! That's so cool!!

[@andyl8055]

Rare because they’re being poached, right?

[@sugma6723]

@@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]

@@sugma6723 Exactly what we were told!

[@rufflez3337]

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

[@nomdeplume2213]

Like tiny armored sloth zillas lol

[@rufflez3337]

@@nomdeplume2213 right 😂

[@NightShadow720]

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]

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

[@christopherbzowski4346]

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

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

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

[@thebenancesmodesart]

@@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]

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

[@alisons9661]

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

[@janicejiang5713]

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

[@Nitka022]

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]

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

[@tracylee4442]

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]

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]

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

[@tracylee4442]

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

[@Orelldo]

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

[@niranjanaarulnambi7309]

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!

[@caz7363]

What a magnificent creature.

[@M500VYN]

She’s gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@laurapomeroy7341]

Such a sweet and innocent creature 💕

[@twinflowerfioretta]

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....🙄??

[@silto9119]

Such an extraordinary and bizzare creature! Beautiful!

[@kv3168]

What an absolute stunning animal.

[@einienj3281]

I love them! So unique and cute! ❤️

[@suitov]

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]

Pangolins die in captivity, they must be released

[@babiryenanteza]

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.

[@JamesEscobar]

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

[@QuincyHatch]

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!

[@braveworthy7960]

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

[@aves4081]

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

[@nomdeplume2213]

Omg make pangolin Halloween costumes for dogs where a large portion goes to their preservation. Ppl will upload pics of their dogs in the costumes so itll spread the conservation work and bring in money to help save them. Id buy one immediately lol

[@babiryenanteza]

What a great idea! Do it!

[@yesyoucanTellme]

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

[@geronimo3180]

save and be in touch with nature

[@carolinasanabria7069]

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

[@nickrider5220]

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

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

Such awesome creatures, protect them

[@withpeacelove366]

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

[@hoodyk7342]

AMAZING CREATURES like they have SCALES? so cool!

[@hanniaedithmartinezadame794]

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

[@hoodyk7342]

PLEASE SHOW THESE ANIMALS TO EVERYONE

[@imtiazdar7787]

*Amazing* 👏 *Voices are amazing too + Mr D. A.* ❤

[@ajitdeka490]

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

[@shannonroysden7908]

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

[@MH-pz8wf]

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

[@alceratops6853]

It's definitely influenced me. Now I'm going to buy those dragon scale things people are wearing

[@bySterling]

What a human super hero Maria is 💯💪🏻❤️🙏🏻🌎

[@fishingwithfilitsa]

Very beautiful❤❤❤❤

[@hoodyk7342]

they are like little dinosaurs its so cool!

[@footfault1941]

Amazing is his locomotion. Bipedalism!

[@theenlightenedone1283]

*Make some merchandise of her with good messages*

[@TanyaQueen182]

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

[@DarkMoonDroid]

Strange. Beautiful. Cute. Fascinating. 😍

[@leslieshoeb7240]

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

[@herpderp3916]

The only influencer I care about.

[@nomdeplume2213]

The way she holds her little hands 🥺 absolutely adorable. As a Texan who loves armadillos it wasnt a far stretch to fall in love with Honey Bun lol shes precious.

[@krista2216]

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

[@activatekruger446]

Probably the closest thing we have to an IRL Pokémon

[@weirdassbluecat]

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

[@izazai6845]

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

[@MrNegative101]

It’s like a little Trex!!!! I love

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

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!!

[@tovorotnetuda2022]

SAVE PANGOLINS!!!

[@msbeautyloverr]

I love u honeybun

[@Fironnathedarkelf]

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

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

This is so great

[@ParthaDas-gn4cp]

lovely

[@phongcui]

Đẹp quá

[@CistudeSuisse]

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

[@brinkybrinkz]

Wow! That just blew my mind!🤯

[@KurdistanLazo]

It moves like a dinosaur

[@einienj3281]

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

[@ky1ebetts]

It looks like a 🏈 with legs when its walking.

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

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]

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

[@CinnamonToastKing]

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.

[@theenlightenedone1283]

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

[@Vip__honey]

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

[@ayoubmadad9396]

I love animals.

[@ayoubmadad9396]

Welcome I am Ayoub from Morocco I love pets

[@jeka-tatussimplorium2558]

Que lindo cara

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

This is really good

[@mugmug6415]

A cameraman filming a cameraman filming a pangolin.

[@ScooBdont]

It cameraman inception 😂

[@tamimhamad284]

This reminds me of a southpark episode

[@jesusismysoulmate]

What precious and beautiful creatures of God. I love Maria and what she is doing for Pangolins and our planet. It is so helpful for me to learn about animals. I have OCD issues and watching things like this along with being a vegetarian is helping me to get over my fears/issues with bugs/ants because I can see their deep significance to our planet. I want to hold a sweet and tiny precious pangolin!

[@inthesenterofeverything666]

This is very special like dinosaur walking or like Godzilla

[@nv5193]

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

[@sowtsupp1325]

Lol it's a little trex cute

[@footfault1941]

Mammal-like reptiles in the past. Reptile-like (aspect of) mammal contemporary, as well as in the future!

[@MinhPham-vg6bw]

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

[@Hammer2k11]

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

[@brinkybrinkz]

I honestly wonder how I would react seeing a Pangolin strolling past. That is weird wild stuff.

[@mrsmith8224]

Yep , the pangolins surely influenced the world

[@Argha07Chakraborty]

❤️

[@mikek2452]

I would’ve preferred her named Syrup Bun but thats just my opinion

[@patriciajohnson-platt4779]

💝

[@rayperez5918]

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

[@tintinlol7881]

Let them leave alone. They are not some people's delicacies

[@watermeioan8384]

Randy marsh already did

[@barari12]

👏💚

[@ky1ebetts]

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

[@sriramachandramurthypheelk8902]

💐💐💐🙏

[@UtubeAW]

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

[@armcollector6660]

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!!

[@adamganski2012]

👍

[@kylewalker9062]

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

[@MarcoPolo-qo1ge]

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

[@christopherkeillor9728]

Only way to truly save an animal from Extinction is figuring out how to domesticate them. Someone would always want one as a pet.

[@babiryenanteza]

Impossible, they die in captivity, they eat massive amounts of live termites each day and won't eat anything else. They are also easily stressed. They must be saved in the wild

[@inthesenterofeverything666]

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

[@phasm42]

The name Angelababy made me think of Yonica Babyyeah 😅

[@rajupnjkr]

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 .

[@celiajimenez1704]

😍😍😍😍❤️

[@bcshooterfmjprime7540]

One good thing that came of covid Israel I thought got signed on how poorly these animals are treated.

[@CistudeSuisse]

I didn't know they walk like Trex 😯

[@MeIshKittie]

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