You are presented with the question "What are pangolins covered in?" and the following answer choices: 
- tunicates
 - Echinoids
 - shells
 - exoskeleton
 - blastoids
 - barrel-shaped
 - protection
 - white

Now knowing that scales are used for protection by scaled animals and pangolins have an elongate and tapering body covered above with overlapping scales, choose the best answer.


 

       protection  