Mediterranean Monk Seal

Seal-world (2016) said, “Researchers believe that the Mediterranean Monk Seal is very shy and doesn’t like to be around humans. This could explain why they have moved from giving birth on land to doing so in the caves under the water. As people continue to move closer and closer into the natural habitat area of these seals it is going to require them to continue further adaptations of their current behaviors.” There are many threats to the survival of the Mediterranean monk seal such as habitat loss or deterioration, deliberate killing by fishermen, accidental entanglement and drowning in fishing gear. Lack of foods and water pollution can also contributed to Mediterranean monk seal mortality (Karamanlidis, A. & Dendrinos, P. 2016). As mentioned…

The Caribbean Monk Seal The caribbean monk seal, West Indian seal or sea wolf, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean and is now believed to be extinct. The caribbean monk seals were first discovered during Columbus’s second voyage in 1494, when eight seals were killed for meat. It is part of the Animalia kingdom and its Binomial name is Neomonachus Tropicalis. Also is phylum is chordata. Historically, they had a widespread range throughout the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of…

Located on the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco is surrounded by France on three sides. Nice, France, is the nearest large city at a distance of 11 miles (18 kilometers). Monaco is rocky and situated on steep hills that drop off into the Mediterranean. Part of the Côte d'Azur, Monaco's terrain and geography are typical of the northwestern area of the Mediterranean. The climate is mild year-round, with an average low temperature of 47 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius) and an average maximum high of…

against it. About a thousand years later, Arabian invaders sold the broken portions of the statue to a private collector and transported the pieces out of Greece on the backs of 900 camels. The last wonder, the Lighthouse at Alexandria, stood 117m high. The Lighthouse at Alexandria was not only an elegant monument to Alexander the Great, but was also the world’s first lighthouse. Toppled by earthquakes, the lighthouse has remained hidden from nautical archeologists until recently when some…

sources and less bugs to eat. Some states won’t see the same birds they did years ago due to climate change and the birds new migration patterns. Other animals are moving toward cooler areas, like polar caps. Trees, plants and ecosystems are moving so the animals follow to survive. Oceans, rivers, forests, subarctic forests, rain forests, the Amazon in general, are all in danger of losing animals to extinction and endangerment (WWF 1). The Golden Toad has already become extinct due to the…