Friday, September 9, 2011

9-9-11 Team Billand Treks Out to Ka'ena Point

A great series of shots from Team Billand.... now these pictures are your usual monk seal postcard pictures, but some that show what the Hawaiian monk seals are up against in the wild. 761 has a new wound to the top of her head, but honestly these animals heal really quickly..... and then we have Kerby and Noa still with hooks in their mouth. Although its' awful to see this, the NOAA team out there today was able to observe their condition and decided not to do anything at this time.  Ka'ena point is a very difficult terrain to treat any of the seals, in that trying to help them may actually do more harm.

761 @ Ka'ena Point new wound on her head
 BG (Benny's Girl) molting
 T15 aka sharkbite
 Team NOAA - checking out the Ka'ena Point Critters
 Kerby poor guy - has a hook hanging out of his mouth and he's molting
 Kerby
 Noa
 Large hook left side of Noa's mouth
 Noa's hook has a line attached
 RIP Ka'ena and Kerby
Ka'ena  RIP out at Ka'ena Point - I thought he looked a lot different.... glad DB clarified that.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oooops !! Pilot error..Pilot error. I mistakenly called Ka'ena, RIP....Sorry ! DB