Pangolin

Vimbai Madya Dolls create economic empowerment for women in Zimbabwe. Each doll is handcrafted, one of a kind and handmade with love by a woman in Zimbabwe. Each purchase provides sustainable income to the creator, enabling her to support her family, and to have confidence in the future. We are committed to providing ethical services and products that bring about social change, hope to their community and individual women.

DESCRIPTION

• Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal – they are targeted for their meat and scales which is used in traditional medicine.
• When it is threatened, a pangolin will curl itself into a tight ball that is impenetrable to predators.
• Baby pangolins travel around with their mother by riding on the base of her tail.
• Pangolins don’t have teeth, instead they have long sticky tongues that they use to eat ants and termites out of their mounds.
• A pangolins tongue can be up to 40 cm long when fully extended – this is the longest tongue to body ration of all mammals.
• Pangolins are the only mammals that are covered in scales
• Pangolin scales are made of keratin, like our fingernails, and make up 20% to 30% of their body weight

PRODUCT DETAILS

• Individually named by the lady who knitted it
• Tagged with the name and photo (unless they are still in prison) of the knitter
• CE tested
• Hand knitted with a mix of acrylic and cotton yarns
• Stuffed with a polyester toy stuffing
• Wash by gentle sponge cleaning