Why aren there more Hawaiian Monk Seal pictures?
Asked by Wayne on Dec 21, 2002. Why does your site have so few pictures (or video stories) about one of the most charasmatic, and critically endangered animals found in the NWHI, the Hawaiian Monk Seal? One animal that many residents of Hawaii are likely to have seen on the main islands. Answered by Andy Collins, NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve on Dec 22, 2002. Well, that is a good question! We did not have more information on the Hawaiian monk seal during the expedition because scientists on the expedition were not involved in Monk seal research. Also, another branch of NOAA, Ocean Explorer did a feature on monk seals at the same time that we were working on this website. This feature can be found at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/monk_seals/monk_seals.html One other reason why you did not see more information on monk seals was because we were trying to highlight many of the other aspects of this wild and spectacular ecosystem that people do not ofte
Asked by Wayne on Dec 21, 2002. Why does your site have so few pictures (or video stories) about one of the most charasmatic, and critically endangered animals found in the NWHI, the Hawaiian Monk Seal? One animal that many residents of Hawaii are likely to have seen on the main islands. Answered by Andy Collins, NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve on Dec 22, 2002. Well, that is a good question! We did not have more information on the Hawaiian monk seal during the expedition because scientists on the expedition were not involved in Monk seal research. Also, another branch of NOAA, Ocean Explorer did a feature on monk seals at the same time that we were working on this website. This feature can be found at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02hawaii/background/monk_seals/monk_seals.html One other reason why you did not see more information on monk seals was because we were trying to highlight many of the other aspects of this wild and spectacular ecosystem that people do not ofte
