HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL

By Parker

INTROThe Hawaiian monk seal’s scientific name is

Monachus Schauinslandi . The Hawaiian monk seal is a mammal. Hawaiian monk seals live in warm reefs of Hawaii

SIZE AND SEAL PUPSThe female seal is larger than the male. A

Hawaiian monk seal feeds on fish, lobster, octopus, and squid. A mother seal can have up to one pup a year. The pups are 3 feet and 35 pounds when they are born.

ADAPTATIONS The Hawaiian Monk Seal is a very skillful swimmer and it has very powerful jaws to catch fish.

HABITATThe Hawaiian monk seal is critically

endangered.It lives in the warm reefs and beaches of Hawaii and the Caribbean.

INTERRESTING FACTSThe Hawaiian Monk Seal population is

currently 1,000 individuals.The Hawaiian natives had their own name for

the monk seal, lliholaika.The Hawaiian Monk Seal is known as the

most primitive of all living sealsThe reason the monk seals are disapearing is

mostly because of human enroachment.The mating season for Hawaiian Monk Seals

is December to mid- August

HOW TO SAVE THEM If you ever go to a beach with wild seals DO NOT DISTURB THEM! Though they look cute and cuddly wild animals are dangerous………..EVEN BABIES.

ABOUT ENDANGERED ANIMALSEndangered animals are creatures that are

disapearing. For example the arfican elephant is a endangered spieces because people are killing them for their horns. Many people are trying to save these rare animals by building wildlife reserves and signs in certain areas that say ‘NO HUNTING’ or ‘DO NOT DISTURB THE ANIMALS.’