First Underwater GPS Monitoring of Sea Turtles
30 baby Natator depressus will be equipped with GPS devices in order to learn more about this species. Indeed, this species is the least known in terms of behaviour and habitat of all the sea turtles species. 30 baby turtles got collected just after birth and have been raised by hand for 2 months. They need to be 300 grams in size so as to be able to wear the GPS device. Dr. Hamann of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia says, “We may be able to look at whether they’re moving into protected zones or non-protected zones that are heavily fished or heavily used.”
Turtle News From Around the World
Crime and Punishment
Dead sea turtle found in a trash can in Maili Beach. A necropsy will be conducted.
Hedley’s Humpers, Ltd., pled guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to smuggling two sea turtle shells into the United States.
Poaching is neither a Malaysian nor Filipino problem, but rather an Asean problem.
Did You Know…
Chelonians and dinosaurs emerged and developed at relatively the same time, in natural history terms.
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