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A young Hawaiian monk seal (ilioholokauaua in Hawaiian) rests on a floating mattress of tangled fishing nets on October 21, 2014. Flickr photo by the Marine Debris Team of the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.
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A young Hawaiian monk seal (ilioholokauaua in Hawaiian) rests on a floating mattress of tangled fishing nets on October 21, 2014. Flickr photo by the Marine Debris Team of the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program.