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Published Date: December 26, 2018, 1:55 am | Updated: May 6, 2024, 11:01 pm

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Posted: 25th December 2018 09:11 2018 The year in review

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December 3 The Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, which is part of the United States' NOAA Fisheries agency, posted a photo on its Facebook page that showed a seal with an eel lodged firmly in its right nostril. This was just the latest in a long (and wriggly) line of eel invasions to strike the Hawaiian monk seals a phenomenon that was first spotted in the summer of 2016 off Hawaii's Lisianski Island. Charles Littnan, the programs lead scientist, said researchers are still baffled by the phenomenon. Brittany Dolan/NOAA Fisheries

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