Adorable Monk Seal Burrows Head in Sand on Kauai Beach

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A very cute seal scooted and buried its head in the sand on a beach in Kauai, Hawaii, on September 30. Logan Wein recorded this video and originally posted it to TikTok with the simple caption, “mood.” Wein told Storyful he spotted the animal while walking along Shipwreck Beach in Kauai. The video shows the seal shoving its head in the wet sand before relaxing its flippers and dozing off. “I later found out it’s a Hawaiian monk seal, an endangered species,” Wein said. According to the Hawaii State Parks website, the “Hawaiian Monk seal (‘ilio holo i ka uaua) is found only in Hawaiʻi…[and] the greatest number can be found on Kaua‘i…Only about 100 of these solitary mammals frequent the main Hawaiian Islands, occasionally coming to shore to bask, rest, or give birth.” The Hawaii State Parks website goes on to urge visitors to “remember that these animals are protected by law and persons are strongly advised to maintain adequate distance (minimum 50 yards/45 meters) so as not to disturb them.” Credit: Logan Wein 

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