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Jeff Walters with good news/bad news for Hawaiian monk seals

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Jeff Walters: The total population of Hawaiian monk seals is currently about 1,100 seals. In terms of the status of the species, it’s basically a good news/bad news situation.

杰夫·沃爾特斯：目前夏威夷僧海豹的數(shù)量在1100只左右。對于該種群的生存狀況來說，這是個喜憂參半的消息。

You're listening to Jeff Walters, Hawaiian monk seal recovery coordinator for NOAA Fisheries Service. Walters said that in the isolated northwest Hawaiian islands, the number of monk seals is declining by four percent every year. That’s the bad news. But the good news is that a smaller population of seals on the main Hawaiian islands is growing and thriving, he said.

今天本站記者采訪了國家海洋與大氣管理局瀕危僧海豹保護專員杰夫·沃爾特斯。沃爾特斯表示，在夏威夷西北部孤立的海島，僧海豹數(shù)量每年都在減少4%。這是個壞消息。但他同時補充道，夏威夷本島上生存的少量海豹群體正在興旺壯大，這是個好消息。

Jeff Walters: Over the past few years, we’ve had about twenty or more seals born in the main Hawaiian islands every year.

杰夫·沃爾特斯：近幾年來，夏威夷本島每年至少有20只新海豹降生。

Even though the main Hawaiian islands have a much larger human population, the seals are doing better there because they don’t have as much competition for food, or as many predators, said Walters. But, he added, when people try to feed or play with the seals, it runs the risk of “taming” them, which hurts the seal’s chances of surviving in the wild.

沃爾特斯表示，盡管本島上的人口遠為稠密，這里海豹的生存狀況仍比孤島上的同伴要好，由于本島上其他食肉動物相對較少，海豹在食物上面臨的競爭并不激烈。但他同時指出，當人們試圖喂食海豹或與之嬉戲，他們可能在無形中“馴化了”海豹，使其野外生存能力下降。

Jeff Walters: We need to keep the wild seals wild, and not have them become conditioned to interact with humans.

杰夫·沃爾特斯：我們應該保護它們的野性，而不是讓它們習慣與人類相處。

Hawaiian monk seals are among the most ancient species of seal on the planet, and they’ve lived in the reefs surrounding the Hawaii for the past 3 to 12 millions of years.

夏威夷僧海豹是地球上最古老的海豹之一。在過去300到1200億年來，它們一直生活在夏威夷周圍的海礁上。

Come to our website to see pictures of the seals. Our thanks to NOAA Pacific Services Center.

瀏覽更多夏威夷海豹圖片，請登錄我們的網(wǎng)站。感謝海洋與大氣管理局亞太服務中心對本期節(jié)目的支持。?

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