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4. Animals may not be touched or handled. All wild animals dislike this and will quickly lose their remarkable tameness if thus treated by human beings.
5. Animals may not be fed. Not only can it be dangerous to your own person, but in the long run it can destroy the animal's social structure and affect its reproduction. You carne here to see a completely natural situation. Do not interfere with it.
6. Do not disturb or chase any animal from its resting or nesting spot. Be very careful with breeding colonies of seabirds. Don't drive boobies, cormorants, gulls or frigatebirds from their nests. These birds will fly from their nests if startled, often knocking the egg or chick to the ground, leaving it exposed to the sun.
7. Litter of all types must be kept off the islands. disposal at sea must be limited to certain types of garbage, only to be thrown overboard in selected areas. Keep all rubbish (film wrappers, cigarette butts, chewing gum, tincans, bottles, etc.) in a bag, to be disposed of on your boat. The crew of the vessel is responsible to the National Park for proper trash disposal. You should never throw anything overboard. A few examples of the damage that can be caused:
sea lions will pick a tin can off the bottom and play with it, cutting their highly sensitive muzzles;
sea turtles will eat plastic thrown overboard and die, for it blocks their digestive tract;
rubbish thrown overboard near an island will usually be carried to shore where, as it accumulates, it will convert a once beautiful area into a rubbish pile, in addition to causing problems for the plants and animals. |
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