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Slam Monk
Caribbean monk seal is extinct |
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06 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:26 PM on 06 Jun 2008 The Caribbean monk seal is extinct, U.S. officials declared Friday. The seals, also called West Indian seals, have been on the endangered-species list since 1967; the last confirmed sighting of one was in 1952. The Caribbean monk, native to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, is the only seal that has gone extinct directly because of human causes. "Following European colonization from the 1700s to 1900s, the seals ... |
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