Keep tabs on endangered animals can be difficult, especially if they’re being actively poached by hunters who don’t care about the law. The plight of endangered Hawaiian monk seals is the result of past hunting and human development on the Hawaiian islands, but now the species has thrown conservationists a curveball.
More and more of the seals, which are native to only Hawaii, have been spotted with eels stuck in their noses. As humorous as this might seem (the photo above which was released by NOAA is indeed pretty funny), it actually poses a challenge for scientists doing their best to keep the species in good health.
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These endangered seals won’t stop getting eels stuck in their noses originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 14:07:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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