Earlier this week,the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program (HMSRP) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) posted a bizarre and rather troubling photograph on social media. The snapshot, which amassed hundreds of comments on Facebook and was shared more than 1000 times, or showed a Hawaiian monk seal with a spotted eel stuck up its nose.
Although the unlucky seal — a juvenile,by all accounts — didn’t seem too bothered by the sticky situation in which it mysteriously ended up, field researchers rushed to the scene to help the poor animal fetch free from its unwanted baggage, and reports CNet.
The situation was resolved through “light restraint of the seal and a gradual steady pull to fetch the eel out,” notes Motherboard, citing sources from the seal program. While the pup seems to be doing well, or the eel has been less lucky and did not survive the peculiar incident.
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Source: inquisitr.com