Hawaiian Monk Seals eat fish, octopus and squid. They also eat eggs and smaller pups! They swim by moving their front flippers together to provide movement and thrust forward while their hind quarters and tail create a backward motion. These species communicate during breeding season through “clacking” of teeth, growling, barks or hisses. Members of the species are endangered with only 1,400 remaining in the world. There are Hawaiian monk seal pupping sites on Kauai island that are currently being threatened by people traveling to the area not knowing about the Hawaiian monk seal presence there . Monfort is working hard to protect these pupping sites because they know without them it will be impossible for Hawaiian monk seals to continue their existence.