Last stand in Asia for shy, defenseless anteater
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 11:32
in Biology & Nature
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- As the 20 cardboard boxes bound for China rolled through the X-ray machine at Jakarta's airport, Indonesian customs officials suspected what was inside didn't match what was declared. Instead of fresh fish, a closer look revealed the meat and scales of the most illegally trafficked mammal in Asia: the pangolin....