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Could you identify a pangolin?
Could you identify a Pangolin? They are the world's most trafficked mammal but only eight percent of people in the UK can identify one according to conservation group WWF.
Dr Colman O’Criodain told 5 live Breakfast: “The scales are used in Chinese medicine and are the same kind of price order of magnitude per kilo as ivory or heroin.”
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Saturday 17 February 2018.
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