volunteers and NOAA scientists measure a recently weaned 56 day old male Hawaiian monk seal, North Kohala, Hawaii Island, USA

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volunteer Jeff Reiner (right) and researchers Lloyd Lowry, Michelle Barbieri, Mark Sullivan, Kathy Frost (holding tape), and Tracy Wurth measure a recently weaned 56 day old male Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, after attaching a GPS satellite transmitter to the seal's back, at Keokea Beach Park, Niulii, North Kohala, Hawaii Island ( the Big Island ), Hawaii, , (9 days after pup was weaned) [No model releases - editorial use only]

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Location: KeoKea Beach Park, North Kohala, Hawaii, United States
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
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