Profile - Lona R017 untagged

Lona (R017) is an untagged, adult female first seen on Oahu in 2005. Nothing is known about her prior to that sighting. Since she is untagged, markers are the only means of identification. She has a mid body , right side Cookie Cutter scar, and a small natural bleach on her left side posterior

Profile - RIP (Rabbit Island Pup) R70/71

RIP (RR70) is an adult male, born on Rabbit Island on 5-3-03. The best means of identifying him are his hind flipper tags (R70/71), and the remnant scar caused by a transmitter removal some years ago. It has now healed to a small pit scar at his shoulder hump.

Profile - Rocky RH58/59 (missing tags)

April 9, 2010 Rocky pupped on Ka'uai. This is Momma Rocky's 4th pup all born on Ka'uai.

Rocky is an adult female, born on Kauai in 2000. She was first seen on Oahu in 2003. Though she is a tagged animal (RH58/59), both those tags have now been lost, so her markers are the only means of ID. At the moment her girth is quite large, as she is very pregnant. She has a natural bleached left fore flipper tip, a pit scar on the right side of her neck, a half moon scar above the forward right nipple, and a fishing line scar at the right lower corner of her mouth.

Profile - Right Spot - untagged

Right Spot is an adult, untagged female first seen on Oahu in 2003. As the name suggests, her major marker is a natural bleach spot on her posterior right side. She also has a uniquely notched lobe on here right hind flipper, which looks like a jigsaw puzzle piece. There is also a difficult to see N6 bleach on her posterior right side.

Profile - M+M R020 untagged

M&M (R020) is an untagged, adult female, first seen on Rabbit Island as a subadult on 10-18-05. Since she has no tags, her markers are the only means of identification. She has numerous dark patches on her neck , near the mouth, and a dark patch angled from her sternum to the right fore flipper tip. She also has a small , healed scar above the left front nipple, ventral.

Profile - Sadie RB12

Sadie (RB12) is a soon to be 3 year old female, born at Rabbit Island 2007. Her 2 red tags, (B12/13) and a newly applied bleach mark on the left and right sides (N20). Other than that she is a pristine young girl with no blemishes or scars.

Profile - T15M Sharkbite (untagged)

T15M (Sharkbite) is an adult, untagged male, first seen as an adult at the time in 1987 on Laysan. He is one of the 1994 translocatees. His markers are a missing right foreflipper. (it was already missing in 1987), and a large Tiger Shark scar on his right side, posterior.

Profile - Yoda R302 (untagged)

Yoda (R302) is an adult male of unknown age, first seen on Oahu in 2007. He is an untagged animal so his markers are the means of identification. He has severely notched hind flippers, and bleach marks on the hind flipper. He has too many dings and scratches to count.

White bleach mark on flipper

Notched edge of hind flipper

Profile - KC RK28

KC (RK28) was matched to an animal first seen on Kauai in 2003-04. She has been on Oahu since 2005. She is an untagged animal so markers are the means of identification. She has L & R Cookie Cutter scars at midbody, a pit scar forward of the left fore flipper, and a scar on her posterior left side. She also has a fishing line scar at the left corner of her mouth.

Profile - Irma - untagged

Irma is an untagged, adult female of unknown age, first seen on Oahu in 2001. Since she is untagged , her markers and an "N3" bleach mark, posterior left and right sides are the means of identification. She has a small pit scar at the back side of the right fore flipper, a vertical scar on the right side of her neck, and a horizontal scar on the right side of her neck.

Profile - Kermit 4DG/4DH

Kermit is an adult male of unknown age, first seen on Oahu in 2003. He has red tags on his hind flippers, 4DG/4DH. His tags and markers and at present a transmitter on his shoulder hump, are the means of identification . His major markers are a small natural bleach left side posterior, and healed Cookie Cutter scars, one on his dorsal posterior slightly to the left side, a mid body ventral , left side , and a posterior ventral just above the hind flipper.

1/31/2010 Monk Moment

Aloha Blog Lady,

Well, the Seal Team here on Molokai has been busy! They, (with the help of the Seal Whisperer) have finally after 4 treks identified a "Mystery Seal." Our mystery seal is none other than 4DJ aka T21M. This guy is in the process of molting and that's why it's taken a little longer to get him identified. This seal is believed to be at least 27 years old....wow, that's alot of seal years. There has been no record of him here on Molokai since 2006. He seems to often just drop of the radar only to resurface at a later time. Gotta tell ya, these monk seal relatives of mine are simply amazing....

till next time,

Monk

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