What's Hidden on Hawaii's Forbidden Island?

What the film says

1. Threats to monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands include fishing-gear entanglement, dog attacks, toxoplasmosis and human disturbance.

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2. NOAA asks people to stay at least 50 feet from resting monk seals.

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3. About 50 years ago a botanical team found sandalwood on a Niʻihau sea cliff, a plant residents had no name for. Robinson protected the last plant for 10 years until it flowered and set seed.

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4. Robinson now has 10 seedlings growing about an inch a month. He keeps them in a Kauaʻi ridgetop preserve with 20 or 30 rare plant species, behind an electric fence against cattle and mesh against rodents.

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5. Botanists have not yet determined whether the Niʻihau sandalwood is Santalum ellipticum, a variety, or a new species.

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6. The Niʻihau community is recognized as the last intact community of native speakers of traditional Hawaiian.

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7. On December 7, 1941, pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi crash-landed on Niʻihau, which the Japanese navy had designated for crippled aircraft and believed to be uninhabited.

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8. Benehakaka (Ben) Kanahele was shot three times and killed the pilot.

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9. Niʻihau's residents live on the island rent-free.

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10. Larry Ellison acquired 98% of Lānaʻi in 2012.

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