Mediterranean monk seal

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  1. Date:
    Place: Southeastern Serifos Cyclades
    Reported: Unidentified Bjoern Lovén / The Monachus Guardian; MOm response

    Observation: At 14:30 the observer heard a noise and saw a grey monk seal swim from a cave at very close range, then recorded it swimming and cave activity. The source describes this as a separate sighting from 25 April; no distinct individual claim is made.

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    Reported: Unidentified Bjoern Lovén / The Monachus Guardian; MOm response

    Observation: The observer reported one monk seal swimming in poor visibility during the late afternoon. The later 27 April encounter made the observer confident that this first sighting was also a seal; the two sightings are retained as separate dated encounters without inferring that they were different animals.