Hawaiian+Monk+Seal

= Hawaiian Monk Seal =

**//Monachus schauinslandi//. **
The seals are found in the Hawaiian islands. Hawaiian monk seals live on beaches along the coast of the islands and in the ocean around it. The population is now between 1200 to 1500 individuals. A dded to the endangered species list on November 23. 1976. Their numbers declined because they never developed the need to escape from prey. The monk seal is protected by two federal laws the Marine Mammal Protection act and the Endangered Species Act.
 * ======The monk seal averages 7.5m in length and 500 to 610 lbs. ======
 * ======did not delvelop the need to flee predators ======
 * ======Hawaiian monk seals primarily eat fish, octopus, squid, and lobster. ======
 * ======they take care of them for six weeks ======

= = ﻿The Endangered Species Act

The Endangered Species Act protects species that are low in number and keeps them in the habitat where they originally live. It is set up to keep species from going extinct. The act was proposed in 1966 to save the whooping crane and other species in the United States. The law enabled the Fish & Wildlife Service to spend up to 15 million dollars to spend on one species habitat. In 1969 it protected foreign species. I would amend the act by adding that the animals should have food put into there habitat if prey population declines. They will not run out of food. http://www.defenders.org/Animals/monkseals.html

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References
 * (2009). //Hawaiian Monk Seal//. Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/mammals/hawaiian-monk-seal/
 * Defenders of Wildlife, (2010). //Hawaiian Monk Seals.// Retrieved from http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/hawaiian_monk_seal.php
 * Seal Conservation Society, (2010). //Hawaiian Monk Seal (//Monachus schauinslandi//)//. Retrieved from http://www.pinnipeds.org/species/hawaimnk.htm