{"id":3357,"date":"2015-07-27T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2018-09-15T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T11:10:51","slug":"tourists-smother-tame-mediterranean-monk-seal-argiro-with-their-caresses-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/27\/tourists-smother-tame-mediterranean-monk-seal-argiro-with-their-caresses-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourists \u201csmother\u201d tame Mediterranean monk seal \u2018Argiro\u2019 with their caresses \u2014 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-ybae7OxP\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3358\" src=\"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"FokiaArgyroTouristes\" width=\"256\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/FokiaArgyroTouristes.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>As long predicted by TMG, tourists swimming with and petting the tame, human-imprinted Mediterranean monk seal named \u2018Argiro\u2019 on the Eastern Aegean \u00a0island of Samos are at serious risk of bites, scratches and even more serious injury. While their compassion for the seal may be a plus point for the conservation of the species, the numbers flocking to pet and swim with her are exacerbating Argiro\u2019s human imprinting and putting the welfare of both seal and bathers in jeopardy.<!--more--><br \/>\nNow Greek animal website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoosos.gr\/article\/7567\/oi-touristes-pnigoun-me-ta-hadia-tous-ten-arguro-e-phokia-tous-epitethei-poios-tha-phta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZooSos<\/a> reports that on 20 July, three tourists were bitten while playing with Argiro, necessitating hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"reference\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoosos.gr\/article\/7567\/oi-touristes-pnigoun-me-ta-hadia-tous-ten-arguro-e-phokia-tous-epitethei-poios-tha-phta\">http:\/\/www.zoosos.gr\/article\/7567\/oi-touristes-pnigoun-me-ta-hadia-tous-ten-arguro-e-phokia-tous-epitethei-poios-tha-phta<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long predicted by TMG, tourists swimming with and petting the tame, human-imprinted Mediterranean monk seal named \u2018Argiro\u2019 on the Eastern Aegean \u00a0island of Samos are at serious risk of bites, scratches and even more serious injury. While their compassion for the seal may be a plus point for the conservation of the species, the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/27\/tourists-smother-tame-mediterranean-monk-seal-argiro-with-their-caresses-report\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tourists \u201csmother\u201d tame Mediterranean monk seal \u2018Argiro\u2019 with their caresses \u2014 Report&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1,36],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-3357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediterranean-news","category-med-monk-seal","category-greece","tag-human-seal-interaction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4059,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3357\/revisions\/4059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}