Rising Tide Images
Where's My Lunch
After an extensive morning swimming lesson, this Hawaiian monk seal pup appears to be annoyingly prodding his resting mom to present for a feeding. The rambunctious male pup was 35 days old in this photo, born 14 April 2022 on Oahu's north shore. He appears healthy with an obvious weight and size gain from my previous photo at age 7 days. The mother loses weight as she doesn’t feed much during this period of nurture and lactation. Monk seal pups usually wean at age 5 to 7 weeks. His experienced mother is known as RN58 “Luana”, born 2013, also on Oahu’s north shore. An updated estimate by NOAA indicates a small, but encouraging, population increase to 1,570 individuals throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. However, Hawaiian monk seals remain endangered and among the rarest of marine mammals.
Where's My Lunch
After an extensive morning swimming lesson, this Hawaiian monk seal pup appears to be annoyingly prodding his resting mom to present for a feeding. The rambunctious male pup was 35 days old in this photo, born 14 April 2022 on Oahu's north shore. He appears healthy with an obvious weight and size gain from my previous photo at age 7 days. The mother loses weight as she doesn’t feed much during this period of nurture and lactation. Monk seal pups usually wean at age 5 to 7 weeks. His experienced mother is known as RN58 “Luana”, born 2013, also on Oahu’s north shore. An updated estimate by NOAA indicates a small, but encouraging, population increase to 1,570 individuals throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. However, Hawaiian monk seals remain endangered and among the rarest of marine mammals.