His father was James A. Hamilton, the fourth son of the Scottish laird Alexander Hamilton of Grange, Ayrshire. Recognized for his abilities and talent, he was sent to King's College (now Columbia University) in New York City.
Congratulations to RZ20 for being monk seal of the month! There are around 1,400 endangered Hawaiian monk seals remaining today. Hawaiian monk seals are protected under the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Hawaii state law. The Hawaiian monk seal is Hawaii's official state mammal. Hawaiian monk seals are part of a healthy Hawaiian ecosystem.
That dramatic shrinking of the population resulted in a reduced genetic diversity among the survivors â a âgenetic bottleneck.â. Genetic bottlenecks such as experienced by the northern elephant seal impact the. species in two ways.he northern elephant seal almost became extinct in the late 1800âs following harvesting by whalers and sealers for their blubber which contains oil. A small colony of between 20 and 100 individuals survived on Guadalupe Island off Baja California.