Even after studying sea turtle navigation for 10 years I have no explanation for this. Bev, who was stranded near Panama City Beach, FL, spent a year there in treatment at Gulf World, was transported to the GSTC on Jekyll Island, Ga (over land, by vehicle), spent a few months here, was transported back to PCB, FL (over land, by vehicle) and released in November 2007, has actually found her way back to Jekyll Island!! Is this a coincidence? Probably. But it sure does show that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction!
Dr. Bill Irwin, Director
Above: Bev's entire satellite track. [Note: the dotted line across south FL is the tracking program's best interpretation of the data because she was really cruising when she went around the end and we only received sporadic, low-quality transmissions.]
Below: The last few days.
Keep track of her movements at SEATURTLE.ORG:
http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/?tag_id=80060
1 comments:
That is fascinating! I suppose for turtle security you can't publish online the real-time tracking info for all the turtles, but I bet it is quite interesting to monitor their individual paths!
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