Hawaiian Monk Seal & Carroll Cox

A  L  O  H  A !

 Let's go for a drive 

along Oahu's Kaiwi Coastline
past Sandy Beach
(where the President famously
body surfed)

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Carroll had something to show me.

Wait, those aren't rocks;

There's a mother Hawaiian Monk Seal

and her young pup!

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Look at mom's contented face

Sweet Baby

Look at the flipper! That tail!

Nursing Baby

  

The Hawaiians of old 

named this creature:

 “llio holo I ka uaua” 

"Dog that runs in rough water"

You can learn more about these "living fossils" 
 here:   LINK

Much gratitude to the selfless volunteers

 who protect and inform.

They know these individual seals,

their stories, births, habits,

adventures. . . 

Thanks, Carroll!

Learn more about Carroll's work

 protecting Hawaii here:

  LINK



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