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Rare Hawaiian Monk Seal Birth Caught on Camera

An employee of the State’s Department of Land and Natural Resources captured a magic moment- video of a rare Hawaiian monk seal pup emerging from the mother onto a sandy beach in Hawaii. “As soon as its (amniotic) sac burst, the little one starting wiggling around,” said DNLR’s Lesley Macpherson. The mother monk seal checked…