molting monk seal visits our beach

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This is “Chester” – a monk seal who has been resting on Kailua Beach since Jan 1. He is molting, a process which lasts 5-10 days or so. He just started molting on Saturday, so he’ll be returning to the water soon. He doesn’t eat while he’s ashore, so he’s lost quite a bit of weight. He’s fine, though – this is a natural process. The monk seal guardians roped off the area to keep people from trying to move or feed the seal. Hard to believe people would interfere with nature, or presume to act before getting a bit more information. Thankfully the volunteers who stand guard around the clock are very knowledgeable and nice people.

One Comment

  1. Matt 18 January, 2008

    Too bad the seal huggers are there. It would have been a good time to get a seal skin. Don’t they have anything else better to do?

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