#balintong

Happy Pangolin Day!

Our neighbors in Malaysia call them penggulung - the source of the English common name! Penggulung is also related to gulong in Filipino, which means wheel, tire, or the act of rolling.

It is also known as Balintong, a Bisaya term for "to overturn" or turnover.

The Palawan Pangolin or Balintong (𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) is one of 8 species of Pangolin in the world. It curls into a ball protected by its scaly “armor” as a defense, and when hungry it unfurls a very long tongue to eat ants and termites!

Happy BALINTONG’S day!

World Pangolin Day is on Feb 17 this year. So why not celebrate our love for the Palawan Pangolin, locally known as Balintong?

Also known as the scaly anteater, the Palawan Pangolin (𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) is one of 8 species of Pangolin in the world. It has a very long tongue that it uses to eat ants and termites. It also uses its scaly “armor” as a defense against predators… and heartbreak!

Happy #WorldPangolinDay! From our Balintong, our endemic armored ant-eating pangolin from Palawan <3