Aloha All-
Just a quick update on Maka'iwi. After a short stop at Molokai, she cruised down the east coast of Lanai, spent several days on Kahoolawe and is now checking out the Big Island.
Since leaving Oahu she has started diving a lot deeper as she moves through different habitats. Her maximum dive is 276 m and she has been spending a lot more time between 100-200 m deep.
Will keep you posted on future movements.
Cheers, Charles
(Thank you Dr. Charles... we appreciate your sharing these maps so much.... Amazing! I hope all of this provides you with good information to better understand our monk seals... I have to say this young girl is covering a lot of territory. ~da blog lady~ )
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3 comments:
way cool... thanks for sharing
Why on earth do seals travel all over the creation? What are they looking for??? Is Makaiwi learning about her home...Hawaii Islands? Learning where would be a spot to have a PUP??? In the future of course. Wow, that is extraodinary (SP??) . Where does she get all that energy??? WHo is her DADDY and her MAMA???? I hope after all her worldly travels, she chooses Oahu as her HOME. What a remarkable seal...thats our Makaiwi...And thanks for DA MAPS AND UP DATE OF HER WHERE ABOUTS. She is only what...two or three years old..look at all the knowledge she is gaining. Well, in humans there are lumps on the log, busibodies, punks, and then there are super humans who need to know all..Makaiwi is one of those guys...She just has to know. HE. HE. I feel like a proud MAMA...or Grandma. You go girl..but remember to come back soon. You are teaching all of us humans alot about seals and their abilities.
This girl gives new meaning to taking a "HAWAIIAN CRUISE"
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