Newborn baby pangolin

A newborn baby pangolin tries to get out of a cage during a news conference at Thai customs in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100602011320" title="Bangkok (Thailand)" href="/topic/intl/thailand/bangkok-%28thailand%29-PLGEO100100602011320.topic">Bangkok</a> . The Thai custom office showed 175 pangolins they found hidden in a truck heading into Bangkok early this morning. Pangolins, or Manis Javanica, listed as endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), are found in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEOREG0000019" title="Southeast Asia" href="/topic/intl/southeast-asia-PLGEOREG0000019.topic">Southeast Asia</a>. Some people believe that its meat and blood can enhance sexual virility.

( REUTERS photo / April 20, 2011 )

A newborn baby pangolin tries to get out of a cage during a news conference at Thai customs in Bangkok . The Thai custom office showed 175 pangolins they found hidden in a truck heading into Bangkok early this morning. Pangolins, or Manis Javanica, listed as endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), are found in Southeast Asia. Some people believe that its meat and blood can enhance sexual virility.

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