Monk Seal Mystery - Northwest Hawaiian Islands

Crittercam reveals crucial evidence that could solve the Northwest Hawaiian Islands mysterious monk seal deaths — the only endangered marine mammals found entirely within the United States. While most adults are healthy, eight out of ten Hawaiian monk seal pups are dying before age two. With the help of three juvenile seals, Wild Chronicles follows the Crittercam crew collects evidence of natural and man-made dangers in the marine environment and discovers a key feeding ground in a deep sea plain once thought to be a wasteland — evidence that will play a critical role in saving the monk seal from extinction.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Crittercam
• national geographic

[vickvicki]

OMG! @ 3:17 what happened? Why no one is helping that seal? That freaking, stupid, idiot shark bit off 1/3 of that seal stomach.

[vickvicki]

Great biologists! Please help them live longer. Thanks for sharing this research.

[Tehbestshot]

@vickvicki nature's a bitch, what are you gonna do?

[geckohale]

Was there anything you could do to save the pup attacked by the shark?

[dmiklavcic]

Love the research!