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  1. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    Endangered Turtle Makes Record 647-Day Journey


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    Stefan Lovgren
    for National Geographic News
    January 24, 2008


    "...A leatherback sea turtle recently completed the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate: 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean..."


    "...The turtle made this "epic journey spanning tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific just to eat jellyfish off Oregon," said Scott Benson of NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in Moss Landing, California..."


    :eek: - Must be something really special about those Oregon jellyfish. :cry:
     
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  2. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    That's awesome. Way to avoid the nets big guy!
     
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  3. ziggy222

    ziggy222 Fire Goby

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    thats too cool.i love sea turtles.wonder how old it is
     
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  4. omard

    omard Gnarly Old Codfish

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    The Great Turtle Race​


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    Swim on...


    The Kentucky Derby is still a few weeks away, but there’s another big animal race taking place right now deep in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

    The Great Turtle Race started on Monday as 11 leatherback turtles left the shores of Costa Rica on their spring migration to the Galapagos Islands. They should complete the 1,200-mile journey within the next couple weeks. Satellite tracking equipment is strapped to each turtle and their progress is being monitored on the website GREATTURTLERACE.COM. The tracking information measures their progress toward the island and also how deep they’re diving into the ocean.

    Leatherback turtles are an endangered species that some environmentalists fear could be wiped off the Earth in the next 10 years. The female populations of the turtles have dropped from 115,000 in 1980 to less than 43,000 today.




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  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Good for him! " just keep on swimmin keep on swimmin "
     
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  6. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    Thats all he has to do it's his only Job swim eat and breed .. LOL Now if he went on to the local fishmart and ordered some jellyfish that would be impressive LOL Joking turtle lovers just joking.. ::) ;D
     
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  7. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    :lol:
     
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  8. wastemanagement

    wastemanagement Eyelash Blennie

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    how many preditors would it have had to dodge?
     
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  9. JohnO

    JohnO Moderator

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    I agree with you :) So bloody what :) Now, If a cow did it, then I would be impressed LOL

    Cheers

    John
     
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  10. Dador

    Dador Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Do you think his kids kept asking him "Are we there yet?"
     
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