monk seal
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmʌŋk ˌsiːl/ us/ˈmʌŋk ˌsiːl/
僧海豹
a type of seal (= a large mammal that eats fish and lives partly in the sea and partly on land) that lives in warm areas in the northern part of the world
There are about 1,200 monk seals worldwide, with most of them living in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 全世界约有1200只僧海豹，其中大部分生活在夏威夷群岛西北部。
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- What's happening at this beach is an example of the challenges of keeping endangered Hawaiian monk seals and people apart.
- Currently, a monk seal pup has less than a 20 percent chance of reaching reproductive age.
- The last confirmed sighting of a Caribbean monk seal was in 1952.
- The monk seal is the only phocid seal that inhabits tropical areas.