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An endangered monk seal takes a nap on an Ohau beach. Thanks to the newly created Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument, he has free reign over the world’s largest marine sanctuary, more than 140,000 square miles. (Chad Podoski/Flickr)

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An endangered monk seal takes a nap on an Ohau beach. Thanks to the newly created Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument, he has free reign over the world's largest marine sanctuary, more than 140,000 square miles.
(Chad Podoski/Flickr)

An endangered monk seal takes a nap on an Ohau beach. Thanks to the newly created Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument, he has free reign over the world’s largest marine sanctuary, more than 140,000 square miles.
(Chad Podoski/Flickr)

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