There are only an estimated 1,100 monk seals in the Hawaiian Islands, and with the population declining at a rate of 4 percent annually, biologists predict their numbers will dip below 1,000 in the next three to four years.
NOAA biologists counted 119 seal pups born in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2009, compared with 138 in 2008. Monk seal sightings are becoming more frequent in the main Hawaiian Islands, where 15 births were recorded. In 2009, six pup births were reported on Moloka'i, five on Kaua'i, two on O'ahu, and two on Maui. But, the 2009 breeding season produced the fewest pups in at least 10 years making the Hawaiian Monk Seal one of the world's rarest species.
Mediterranean monk seals are extinct due to excessive hunting, and Hawaiian monk seals are at about 1,000 in number. Seal population is difficult to estimate, because so many seals live in areas nearly unreachable by humans, like some parts of Antarctica.
go count them
the monk seal can have1 pup this is true really
The Monk Seal is critically endangered.
Monk seal = Kila Hawaiʻi
Monk seal = Kila Hawaiʻi
the monk seal lives in the sunlight zone
Hawaiian monk seal was created in 1905.
Mediterranean monk seal was created in 1779.
Hawaiian monk seal
How is a Hawaiian monk seal usefulness to mankind, and what islands do they live on. how many are left in the world.
There is a Leopard Seal, Harp Seal, Gray Seal, Harbor Seal, Northern Elephant Seal, Southern Elephant Seal, Weddell Seal, Hawaiian Monk Seal, Mediterranean Monk Seal, Antarctic Fur Seal, Galapagos Fur Seal and Northern Fur Seal. And if you want to know what is the biggest seal in the world, then it's the Southern Elephant Seal!
Mediterranean Monk Seal
Nthig has a diagram of a hawaiian monk seal