http://city.sigmalive.com/article/19579/fokia-monachus-monachus-sti-thalassa-tis-kyproy-eikones-vinteo
Η μεσογειακή φώκια (Monachus monachus) είναι ένα φώκιας που ανήκει στην οικογένεια Phocidae. Από το 2016, εκτιμάται ότι λιγότερα από 700 άτομα επιβιώνουν σε τρεις ή τέσσερις μεμονωμένους υποπληθυσμούς στην περιοχή της Μεσογείου (ιδιαίτερα στο Αιγαίο), στο αρχιπέλαγος της Μαδέρας αλλά και την περιοχή Cabo Blanco στον βορειοανατολικό Ατλαντικό Ωκεανό. Αποτελεί το υπ’ αριθμόν 1 απειλούμενο θαλάσσιο θηλαστικό της Ευρώπης και συγκαταλέγεται στα πλέον απειλούμενα είδη του πλανήτη. Πιστεύεται ότι είναι σπανιότερο είδος φώκιας στον κόσμο!
6.11.2016
It is believed to be the rarest seal species in the world.
“I saw it in 2010 in the sea off Yialousa and I had not managed to take any photographs. Since then, I went back another 50 times and did not find it… until yesterday (Saturday 5/11).
I came across it at a spot near a cave where it gives birth, which the local people before the war knew as the seal cave.
I took both the photographs and the video from the shore, while the seal was about 50 metres away from us. It kept us company for around three hours. It stayed there and did not leave.”
As always, George Konstantinou, President of the Association for the Protection of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Cyprus, pleasantly surprises us both with the material he posts on his page and with the very vivid way in which he describes his experience with this particular seal.
Europe’s No. 1 endangered marine mammal
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2016, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in three or four isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean region, particularly in the Aegean, in the Madeira archipelago, as well as in the Cabo Blanco area of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
It is Europe’s No. 1 endangered marine mammal and is considered one of the most threatened species on the planet.
It is believed to be the rarest seal species in the world!







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