Assertion: pangolin | /r/CapableOf | roll up into ball
Facets:
value: like a roly poly bug
type: MANNER
value: with forming an armoured exterior
type: CAUSE
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: When threatened, pangolins roll up into a ball.
text: When confronted by a predator a pangolin usually will roll into a ball, cover its face with its prehensile tail, and rely on its hard scales for protection.
text: These super-strong scales overlap like artichoke leaves, and when attacked pangolins roll up in a ball to protect themselves.
text: Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are reclusive and nocturnal animals that roll up into a ball when threatened.
text: But pangolins have a defence mechanism, rolling up into a ball to present an unappetising and impenetrable barrier of keratin scales to ward off hungry carnivores, like hedgehogs do with their spines.
text: Pangolins are the only mammals known to have plate-like scales; when threatened, they roll up into a ball, with the scales forming an armoured exterior.
text: When faced with danger the pangolin will roll up into a ball.
text: The word pangolin is derived from the Malay word ‘penggulung’ which means roller – representative of how pangolins behave when they feel threatened, rolling up into a ball.
text: Like the more familiar and known armadillos, pangolins will roll up into balls and use their scales to protect themselves from the teeth and claws of creatures such as lions.
text: Rolling into a ball when threatened and being able to cut with its razor-sharp scales, the pangolin can readily defend itself.
text: Pangolins, like the African white-bellied pangolin shown here, roll into a ball when they feel threatened.
text: Pangolins, like the African white-bellied pangolin shown here, roll into a ball when they feel threatened.
text: Like a roly poly bug, pangolins roll into a ball when in danger, and spend the day sleeping in this position.