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Latin Name: Monachus schauinslandi Life Expectancy: 25-30 yearsWeight:300-600 poundsHome:reefs, shallow lagoons, open

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Hawaiian Monk Seal has been around before the Hawaiian Isalands. Hawaii is only 1 million years old compared to the monk seal’s 13 million yearsApril 1, 2013

Harp Seal to Hawaiian Monk Seal Can’t believe you are the only tropical seal in the worldApril 1, 2013

Hawaiian Monk Seal there are fewer Hawaiian Monk Seals in the wild than there are giant pandasMarch 30, 2013

Hawaiian Monk Seal During the breeding season this month male Hawaiian Monk Seals become aggressive and they will attack females. This attack is known as mobbing and often the female ends up badly injured or sometimes killed. March 28, 2013

Hawaiian Monk Seals don’t have any special adaptations to deal with the warm weather where they live. They just remainFebruary 27, 2013

Hawaiian Monk Seals evolved without land predators so they don’t fear peopleFebruary 26, 2013

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The Hawaiian Monk Seal is an endangered species of earless seal that lives around the Hawaiian Islands. Currently, there are about 1,100 seals in the wild. The population is threatened by fishing nets, marine debris, disease, and low levels of genetic variation. A female can only produce one pup per year, causing the population to grow slowly, and only 20 percent of pups survive into adulthood.

Hawaiian monk seals spend the majority of their lives in the sea, but do come to shore to give birth and to find shelter in large storms. They feed on the coral reefs and sandy bottoms of the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian monk seals eat fish and invertebrates, and are preyed on by sharks.

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Latin Name: Monachus schauinslandi Life Expectancy: 25-30 yearsWeight:300-600 poundsHome:reefs, shallow lagoons, open oceans and beaches around Hawaii

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Activities: Swimming, Eating Fish, Laying on Beach,

Interests: Hawaii, EPA,

Favorite Food: spiny lobster, eels, larval fish, flat fish, small reef fish and octopus

Favorite Movies: Finding Nemo, Free Willy, Big Miracle, The Little Mermaid, The Little

Mermaid 2, Shark Tale, Flipper, Ponyo

Favorite Books: Mammals in the Seas: Small Cetaceans, Seals, Sirenians and Otters

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RESOURCES USED:http://mcbi.marine-conservation.org/what/what_pdfs/sealFacts.pdfcetus.ucsd.edu