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Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct

Seal only one of its kind to vanish because of human causes

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 7, 2008 4:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – Caribbean monk seals, the sea dwellers first discovered during Columbus’s second voyage in 1494, are officially extinct—the only seal to vanish because of human causes, MSNBC reports. “Humans left the Caribbean monk seal population unsustainable after overhunting them,” a biologist explained.... Read full story »

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Seal only one of its kind to vanish because of human causes

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