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Endangered seal swims to Israel from Lebanon to hunt some fish; photographs reveal that this is the third visit by the same seal since 2010.
Israeli naval lookouts spotted something unusual on Monday off the coast at Rosh HaNikra – a highly endangered Mediterranean monk seal, which has become a rare sight in local waters. [More]
A Mediterranean Monk Seal, one of the world’s most endangered and rare animal species, was spotted off Israel’s coast on Friday, in the first such sighting in recent decades.
The seal was seen by the coast of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, by fishermen, who then alerted Ramat Gan Safari official Shmulik Landau.
Landau attempted to aid the visibly exhausted seal upon his arrival, however the creature eventually slipped back into the water and disappeared.
Members of the Israel Marine Mammal Research and Assistance Center arrived at the scene and attempted to locate the distressed seal, but to no avail.
The last sightings of Mediterranean Monk Seals off Israel’s coast were fifty and sixty years ago, at which time neighboring Lebanon reported an estimated population of 10 to 20 of the critically endangered species in its waters. […]
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