28 June 2014

Monk seal in the Gulf of Corinth



A rare sighting of a monk seal Monachus monachus in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece. This individual was encountered on 23 June 2014 off Agios Nikolaos, a cape between the Bay of Itea and the Bay of Antikira.

Recent evidence of occasional monk seal occurrence in the Gulf of Corinth was reported in a conference abstract by Azzolin et al. (2014). The text can be found HERE.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

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