In what is really a bizarre phenomenon reportedly stumping researchers , a handful of dumbass Hawaiian monk seals have recently been keep an eye on with eels stuck up their noses — possibly from squeeze their faces into crack , but researchers task with observing these fools ca n’t say for sure .
An image of one such boob was surfaced Monday on the Facebook page for theHawaiian Monk Seal Research Program , which monitors the endangered population of these seals . The post say that it had removed eel from the nozzle of several Navy SEAL they ’re monitoring and that the seal were unharmed in every lawsuit , but the same could n’t be say for the eels .
In a station to theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisherieswebsite on Wednesday , the agency tell that it had observed such an incident “ three or four times now ” but that it is a relatively Modern occurrent .
[ I]n the closely 40 eld that we have been working to supervise and protect peril Hawaiian monk seals , we have only set about come across ‘ eels in noses ’ in the last few old age . We do n’t know if this is just some strange statistical anomaly or something we will see more of in the future tense .
Researchers are n’t clear on exactly how this encounter , but it might have something to do with either the way Hawaiian monk seals forage for bite , according to NOAA piscary :
Hawaiian monk seal scrounge by shoving their back talk and nose into the crevasses of coral reefs , under rocks , or into the sand . They are calculate for fair game that likes to hide , like eels . This may be a case of an eel that was cornered trying to fight down itself or get off . Alternatively , the seal of approval could have swallow the eel and regurgitated it so that the eel come out the wrong means . We might not ever know .
The program reported anothereel - in - nozzle incidenton Facebook in 2016 . Over the course of several post , researchers with the program write they noticed a manlike seal with an eel stuck in its face and construct a “ wheezing sound with every breath . ” And reader — for the love life of god — if you are eating , please stop reading now .
According to thefinal postin this saga , researchers were able-bodied to pin the seal and extract a two - foot - long goddamn eel from its nose , notice that it “ was surprising as only about 4 inches were hanging out ” of its nozzle before extraction .
“ It was almost like those magician trick scarves that they just keep pulling out of the hat , ” the post bestow . “ We are pretty sure the complete animal was removed , as the skull was incur , but some fins or spines may have come off the eel during the removal . The seal did not struggle very much , and no blood came out when the eel was being removed . ”
Never forget that nature is metal as hell .
[ Atlas Obscura ]
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