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					Originally Posted by  Jim McDougall
					 
				 
				Guys, I am curious, I have never heard of a weapon/implement called a pangolin. As far as I have known this term applies to an animal known as a scaly anteater. 
 
These are from sub Saharan Africa and while I believe their scaled hides are used as armor in certain native cultures, I have not heard of a weapon by this name. 
			
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 They're talking about the decorated curly bit on the goad in the shape of one of those.