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[amandascuriosities]

welcome to my new blog. hopefully my 24 featured tags shed some light on who i am. i look forward to being here on tumblr (again) * oops, i forgot to mention that image is of my mom & me 💜

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[amandascuriosities]

thank you to the 38 peeps who participated in this poll about monk seal pup age 🦭🦭 the correct answer is “the seal on the right.” scroll down for more info on how to tell 🎓

these 2 pups are about 2 weeks apart in age. both are weaned, but the younger pup on the left still shows his nursing blubber (tho admittedly, he received a lot of calories from his big mom). the older pup on the right is starting to show more body definition. pics below show hawaiian monk seals from pup to age 2

newly weaned monk seal (this is rs10, iliokai’s mascot)

monk seal in the first year has a “lightbulb” head and is leaner

monk seal in the second year is small, thin & often ratty looking in preparation for molting

[amandascuriosities]

iliokai headquarters, 10:23 pm hst, 26 july 2026, koloa, kauai🦭🌝