A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage. Its eyes are half-closed and it has a serene expression on its face. But the seal’s calm demeanor is surprising. Why? Well, there’s a long, black-and-white eel dangling from its right nostril. “It’s just so shocking,” Claire Simeone, a veterinarian and monk seal expert based in Hawaii, told The Washington Post on Thursday.
‘make Better Choices’: Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals Keep Getting Eels Stuck Up Their Noses And Scientists Want Them To Stop
The Washington Post, Bangor Daily News
Fri, 12/07/2018 - 3:51pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Maine Penobscot County Bangor
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