My kayaking and snorkeling buddy George sent me some pictures of a Hawaiian Monk Seal taking a nap on the beach in front of George’s condo in Kihei, Maui.
Hawaiian Monk Seals are indigenous to the Islands and are “true” seals, meaning they use their rear flippers for propulsion, steer with their front flippers, and have no external ears. Eared seals, on the other hand, in addition to having external ears, swim with their front flippers and steer with their rear ones. Also, eared seals can put their rear flippers underneath their body to act as feet, which gives them more mobility on land. True seals cannot do this and have to lurch along on their belly. Seals are very closely related to bears and dogs, but left land for the sea about 2 million years ago.
Hawaiian Archipelago - click to enlargeWhen the Polynesians arrived, […]
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