Assertion: pangolin | /r/CapableOf | curl into ball
Facets:
value: to defend themselves
type: PURPOSE
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: very tightly
type: MANNER
value: in danger
type: OTHER
value: for protection
type: PURPOSE
value: with their scales on the outside
type: OTHER
value: to protect them
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It curls into a ball exposing its sharp scales.
text: When in danger, pangolins curl up into a ball with their scales on the outside to protect them.
text: When threatened by a predator, a pangolin may curl up in a ball, and the sharp scales on the tail may be used to lash out.
text: When threatened, pangolins curl into a ball, protecting their scaleless undersurface and sometimes rolling down a steep slope.
text: Due to the lack of scales on their face and underbelly, pangolins curl into a ball for protection.
text: The pangolin has a series of large, keratin scales that give it all the protection it needs against predation, particularly when it curls into a ball that exposes those sharp scales (see above).
text: If a pangolin feels threatened, it will curl into a ball to protect the face and inner body parts that do not have scales.
text: When the pangolin is in danger, it would curl into a ball covered with had scales that even tiger bites could not crack.
text: Confronted with a threat, pangolins curl very tightly into balls.
text: Pangolins are a group of Asian and African mammals that are covered in hard scales, curl up into a ball to defend themselves, and are sadly the most heavily trafficked animal in the world.
text: According to an old trafficker, pangolins had once attempted to escape from his home by “curling up into balls and then spinning with Sonic-the-Hedgehog speed to burrow through the floor