Monk seal species have been endangered because of the rapid spread of human activity. Many monk seals were clubbed to death for meat, oil and their skin.
Monk seals feed on fishes. Common foods for monk seals are spiny lobster, eels (except conger and moray), flatfish, small reef fish, larval fish and octopus. Monk seals are also assumed to prey on pelagic (open ocean) species, but only because the monk seal is known to travel long distances in the open ocean.
Monk seals can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in a day. They sometimes spend many days in the sea before returning to the islands where they sleep and digest their food.
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