Sharp Teeth VS Sharp Scales - A Pangolin Defends Itself Against a Lion’s Jaws

A young lion tests the power of its jaws against the defensive tactics of a ground pangolin that has rolled itself into a ball to protect itself, leaving only slippery sharp-edged hard scales exposed. To make themselves even less tasty, pangolins, or scaly anteaters, can emit a strong noxious acid from the base of their tail. Sometimes a patient lion breaks through the armor, and sometimes it gives up and the pangolin returns to live another day. Until recently, leopards and hyenas were their main predators, but relentless hunting by humans over the last two decades has devastated their populations.
Like rhino horns, the pangolins’ scales are made of keratin, the same material as our fingernails, with no known medicinal value. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of pangolins are killed each year and their scales illegally trafficked to Asia for use in traditional medicine, threatening all eight pangolin species with extinction.
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[@jessehutchings]

That's incredible. I have heard about their defensive scales but this is the first time seeing them in action. This is the proof of why pangolins survived in Africa!

[@yongthegreat3408]

when you spent all your points on Defense stats and no Attack....

[@joeyelyealva7454]

Lol

[@devisreedevi1769]

W

[@micaelagfnp]

This is actually relatable

[@evaristendabanye1515]

Morhigho style 😂

[@trulsdirio]

That must be slightly terrifying for the pangolin I imagine

[@shangtsung9102]

Slightly??

[@twisted5173]

It’s like when you have a can of food but you can’t open the can

[@adelcorona7393]

or hands. JK lol

[@chikuman6224]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kothapallivara9115]

@@adelcorona7393 V huH hr gt GGG

[@canuteomanye5854]

Get him a can opener

[@edwinreveron870]

I think tigers are some of the few animals capable of breaking through the pangolins armor, and perhaps probably spotted hyenas, or other hyenas species..

[@fourtwentyshorts]

This whole thing just reminded me of: Pangolin used Defense Curl. Pangolin defense sharply rose! Lion used Bite. It doesn't affect Pangolin...

[@zan7838]

yes but also more like unlimited pp of protecc

[@CindyMwasi]

The most wonderful creature in the world. The Pangolin. May God protect you

[@edithcasines9550]

Cindy Lawrence amén 🙏

[@yussuqmadiq5274]

Against the Chinese?

[@kela591]

🙏

[@pangolin7398]

Thank you kind people, your words are greatly appreciated

[@rijithplatina1106]

God?why not humans .all things are put on God , best best.

[@ryanocarroll6426]

Extraordinary footage. Seeing a pangolin in broad daylight is rare enough, but to see one fending off a lion.

[@arungiri8243]

Lion: I swear, I saw you moving. How can you turn into stones.

[@ritagunadavid8864]

😂😂😂

[@user-nt7ms8ce6x]

@@ritagunadavid8864 ..

[@palamadkami9292]

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[@kela591]

😂😂😂

[@magma84]

Lion: I know you’re in there, come out 😆

[@ambers9756]

It's so interesting how many lions try this. I'm surprised they haven't given up on trying to eat pangolins as a species.

[@zackrum]

it's like a group of friends trying to open up that superglued jar, "here, let me try it" "you aren't doing it right, give it here"

[@jjdelany8130]

It must be a lion delicacie, a story told from the one time a lion got through to the meet.

[@dustincrawford3321]

The do eat them, if they can get to their front side, before they curl up

[@edwinreveron870]

I think tigers are some of the few animals capable of breaking through the pangolins armor, and perhaps probably spotted hyenas, or other hyenas species...

[@JGD185]

I just learned about the pangolin and how it's become seriously endangered. The Chinese government recently banned pangolin scales from use in traditional Chinese medicine so that is great news.

[@gabrielestrella2272]

Did they really? I know your post is a year old now, but I haven’t heard of this at all so I was wondering.

[@zen361]

Lion : Bite Pangolin : Defense Curl

[@i-yell-a-lot4906]

IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF STRESS LOL

[@budgetpilgrim]

Stress is on Lion the pangolin is just relaxing and chilling.

[@bulletpunch9317]

​@@budgetpilgrimthe lion can get another meal, pangolin cant get another life.

[@budgetpilgrim]

@@bulletpunch9317 what I mean is under no circumstance lion can hurt the pangolin let alone eat it. So the lion is at stress because the food is infront but he can't even eat it, while the pangolin is just curling and relaxing under its hard scale 😁

[@bulletpunch9317]

@@budgetpilgrim it would be killed or hurt if the lion hits it like a ball and rolls down a cliff.

[@nitinkumarnishad1285]

At 1:59 lion thought to eat cameraman 😂😂😂

[@rijithplatina1106]

That cunning look

[@deepanshugarg5285]

Then he continued over pangolin 😂

[@solmet111]

🙈🙈🏃🏽🏃🏽🏃🏽🏃🏽

[@indian.2023]

"The opponent may be smarter than YOU". That's the lesson.

[@balolangmanokimz125]

Lion: welcome to my ASMR Eating vlog

[@AlbyCervitaur]

legends says that the lion is still trying to eat it

[@herojack2950]

Lol, no it's playing!

[@seren3755]

@@herojack2950 no

[@Monkmonasteries1990]

When u are trying to break walnut by teeth... 🤣🤣

[@hydrolito]

Nutcrackers and pliers work better.

[@im1o1m]

The lion is like I swear it’s not a rock i saw him move

[@Xuno-cr6fb]

I know, right!? Wait until dudes friends see him carrying it around.

[@rayarena879]

Pangolin has to have the best defense in the world. Even porcupines on occasion have their defense breeched, but not the pangolin. A lion is so powerful and yet even a pride of lions couldn't breech his defense.

[@glovozagreb6594]

people shot it with guns and got hit back by bullets..

[@Ceres4S2D1]

@@glovozagreb6594 Why the hell would they shoot it?

[@glovozagreb6594]

@@Ceres4S2D1 BECAUSE HUMANS LIKE TO SHOOT_ WHY CHIMPS EAT MONEYS ALIVE.... STUPID QUESTION... ITS BEST THING IN WORLD TO SHOOT ITS ARMORED

[@syedsameer9449]

Pangolin just enjoys the lion's lip kiss

[@sabrisamsofficial]

Antara sebab mengapa Pangolins boleh bertahan hidup sehingga 40 juta tahun hingga sekarang adalah kerana kulit cengkerangnya.

[@zentanjentze667]

who knew a lion would lose to trying to open a pickle jar, all hail pangolin

[@aardvark2401]

Just go to a chinese restaurant you silly lion😛😛😛😛

[@tinaferr]

Incredibly funny and sad and scary and true all at the same time. Good one.

[@gowthaman473]

@George George Facts don't care about your feeling.

[@pallobsarker7989]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@naturenature3573]

Indra Jit even in your country india , in Nagaland also , people eat this

[@james_smith9]

They eat the scale only

[@mr.dontgiveashit4150]

Everybody is a gangsta till the lion thinks of keeping it a play ball

[@neeksweeks]

That’s me being still and knowing that God has already Equipped me with all the defense that I need to survive life’s predators and attacks from the enemy 🙏

[@rachelpeterson8984]

Nice

[@kael7953]

By God you mean evolution?

[@Dicklan69]

That’s you?! Glad you’re okay

[@glovozagreb6594]

@@kael7953 word wasnt about animals in video ...animal in video was meptaphore for her consequences. Now you can tell me what dose science has to say about consequences? No. Because we are dumb and acting like you know wtf is this place is making you look like double dummy. Giving your inner being fate in what ever you want is not wrong,its actually what made all science. People believing stuff that nobody else dose. GO NEEKSWEEKS; Keep making this world better!

[@meandyou2046]

@@kael7953 evolution is the only possible answer.

[@frostgc]

That lion better go wash it's hands for 20 seconds

[@gardenofpraise567]

Pangolin is a very gentle type of animal, helped our environment greatly for the last 80 million years. The coronavirus is from the CCP.

[@triumphmkandawire8570]

Kkkkk that's a good one

[@MsEvilgenius101]

😂 😂 😂 this comment made my night

[@Kmakmizzle]

Lmao! That's fk'd up.

[@chingchief2721]

Gary Frost you trust china ccp scandal🤣 I thought everyone knew the virus made from wuhan lab

[@kitkatvideosahoo8796]

Super video

[@ericschmidt790]

Makes you wonder if the pangolin survived...

[@WildlifeProtectionSolutions]

Based on the lack of blood trail, we think that it did survive.

[@autiist]

Always. 100% all the time

[@tommy2pieceya734]

Oh it survived, in fact I don't think you can find a video of one not surviving....

[@dante9972]

Lion said how to eat this stupid animal dude?

[@silto9119]

Did the Pangolin survived in the end?

[@Mydemonslayerstreet]

I hope this lion won’t get the Coronavirus revenge from the Pangolin

[@Mydemonslayerstreet]

But dogs here in the USA got infected by Coronavirus maybe from the owners who had it.

[@Mydemonslayerstreet]

After the lion gave up on trying to eat the Pangolin, he said to himself, I need a mouthwash and a hand sanitizer before I go to sleep.

[@prelien4690]

@@Mydemonslayerstreet u know viruses can mutate to infect new organisms right?

[@daisykim23]

This is oddly satisfying 😂

[@Ferocious_Lito]

Imagine being that close to a gruesome death

[@wanphailamare4774]

When you have the food but can't eat it😂😂

[@Divergent_Integral]

A bit like having a can with delicious stuff but no can opener.

[@Gambetdz]

Or nothing to cook it or heat it up I can across a situation if I fried this it wake everyone up lol

[@chowshihtz2951]

Chinese do

[@edithcasines9550]

Wanphai Lamare they have Killed, the poor thing!!!!

[@dante9972]

😱

[@shapeinexplicavel6508]

This made me remember a time I broke the lever thingy of a can of peaches, and had to give up opening that can until i bought a can opener

[@darrenpuccala1550]

When you have the food but can't eat it😂😂

[@rickmcdaniel9430]

@@darrenpuccala1550 cleverly said! truly matched within the complexities of the english language.

[@makisigarriolarides602]

That defense was better than porcupine

[@michaelsong5555]

Hell no. Porcupine doesn't just resist. It attacks.

[@lexol3347]

Three years later pangolin tells his grandkids "See here, this armor here withstood a fully grown lion."

[@ImEli2215]

@@lexol3347 😂🤣😂🤣

[@horaceosirian8993]

Manglin' a Pangolin.

[@Shawn03.]

This lion looks like my neighbour's cat, likes to eat big snails 😂

[@mengistok]

Amazing😮

[@u235u235u235]

when you're starving and need a can opener

[@user-bw8cd8qb2p]

Underrated

[@RaspyApolloYT]

the pangolin was like: LOL noob

[@gangatarun1004]

You can't eat it but you can play football all the day 😂

[@LingsangTrutusan]

Amazing

[@mandayachannelmc7057]

Later on the lion give up and said; it really hard to eat this concreted house mamal. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@douglasdbird8114]

And I heard that the 🦁 were infected too

[@greenhamlet8019]

😂😂🤣

[@freddielynn7773]

The lion must be starving!

[@mmmMmJ24]

Lioness: you continue to play with the pinecone meanwhile I'll go hunt for us some food you big fur of laziness.

[@Archived671]

Lion : stop playing with me you know I'm a player

[@farmerkhmer2021]

So good video

[@thequinstewartexperience7073]

Pangolin = BOSS! 🤣

[@xioying6328]

Pertahanan yang sangat bagus 👍👍👍

[@pravinazade3499]

Nice pangloins

[@brendasosa8206]

Pravin Azade Pagolin

[@franciscojrose7420]

Kitty Cat playing with a string ball..

[@tihokoturr007]

Unique regardless how many times you watch it !!!!

[@brandonray4379]

The lion tastes its first jawbreaker.

[@DAGGR]

This is an example of winning by not engaging

[@pushpendradwivedi6909]

awesome animal

[@robertomonteiro3410]

Lioness: Wow the ball its alive

[@dlattimer9949]

I hoped this ended with the lion leaving the pangolin alone!

[@mirianvillalobosmirianvill5822]

Armadillo Enters the chat:😒

[@uttarerkrishi]

Excellent video. I am from Bangladesh friend

[@divyasharma5745]

I can only imagine how much trauma this little animal would have had to endure.😥

[@Anonymous-cu9uf]

Yes, but unfortunately they also have to go through the trauma of human greed...Pangolin is the most poached animal on the planet, they are on the verge of extinction...see this video, kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6G7c5-vmrp7mqc ...Human hunger has eaten the humanity.

[@prashantkumarchoudhary6124]

@@Anonymous-cu9uf so true. Pangolian is endangered because of poachers.

[@bambala4770]

Rumour has it that that lioness got a maradona award later from the lion king 👑

[@juuk3103]

I can feel the scales cutting my gums from watching this 😩

[@gabgold663]

Its like hes playing a ball and lion said:someone lost it

[@iksankeysa726]

Ya

[@yyyyy354]

Wow it's is rounder than I thought

[@tapa2466]

I’d be happy if it had one attack move where in a certain spot , a sharp spike scale dart shoots out from among the armor, seriously damaging an attackers mouth or upper body section. Lions wouldn’t even try if that happened.

[@insidetradernepalsharemark8976]

Slow and steady wins the race

[@sukrisyaep7834]

I like watching Hi.. I am from infonesian

[@crafter_vn2381]

Me when I try to eat a crab without crab mallet:

[@momthegreatest]

Now Pangolin show who is stronger...

[@manjunathdevadiga]

Poor lion😂

[@DJPOLYSTAR]

When my new drunk friend cant open a beer!

[@danishsaudagar6369]

Very naice

[@kingrylles8684]

I have seen a pagalon in a monastery and some dogs try to bite like that

[@SuparMania-kl2tz]

Wow

[@kingofthebeast4024]

From simba’s friend to mulan’s descendants’ dinner

[@orionbelt1663]

Open it!! 😂

[@adjeinyarko2571]

lion was like you r not stone so don't hide

[@naafiabdulnaafi7476]

Panglolin:it was nice musssag bro

[@darmabahari3594]

Lol haha🤣

[@menosbbgirl]

Poor thing must be terrified!

[@robertoyamakata6672]

Do you know who usually win? Pangolins or lions? Long battle.

[@MewsOvercast]

“This is the last time I’m going to accept a dare from my Jimmy!”

[@millionmiles953]

I feel sad for the lion,saliva was dripping from his mouth throughout the video.

[@ennogexplorasi]

Wkwkwkw lion confused how he can eat Panggolin like ball ? And nice video and all the best success

[@gotvexed4633]

I heard pangolins shell is bullet proof, enjoy tryna destroy that lol

[@mohammedawalyunusah2420]

NO MATTER WHAT, ALL WEAPONS FORM AGAINST U SHALL NOT PROSPER 🙏🙏👍👍

[@ajmeeraugendar]

Pangolin great defender

[@Vishwasri217]

கைக்கு எட்டியது வாய்க்கு எட்டவில்லை 🤣🤣🤣 Reaching the hand did not reach the mouth

[@arvindvasave5613]

Word protect

[@polururavi394]

Very wonder

[@georgewilliams3521]

Just needed a can opener

[@jeffersongilles3497]

And later on it caught Coronavirus

[@sallykariuki5891]

Later the lion said....Am not hungry

[@arunprasad5291]

Lion: enada.. idhu.. kaatu rajaku vandha sodhanai🦁

[@kenkc84]

Lion must you eat everything???

[@ayiofficial4132]

Aslei kuat lamen wekei yeh..

[@lucianovilarins2574]

Pangolin e sua armored huehue

[@johnkeodoungdy5537]

Protect the pangolins predators

[@hydrolito]

Other videos about lions and jaguars attacking porcupines.

[@selami6623]

Subhanallah..

[@justlearnwithsanjay6028]

Lion like a small kity playing with a ball