Seen above, the sea turtle known as Wawa Bear traveled 4471 miles and had her entire route tracked successfully. At 1315 pounds, it should not be hard to imagine where the name “bear” comes from. Wawa Bear is, in fact, the largest sea turtle ever captured in Nova Scotian waters.
Cute turtle.
http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/01/giant-sea-turtle-gives-world-1st-complete-set-of-migration-data/
Leatherback Sea Turtles are an endangered species, and can grow up to 7 feet long and up to 2000 pounds in weight. They can dive up to 4200 feet, deeper than any other sea turtle species. The leatherback also has the longest migration of any sea turtle species.
She’s travelled a long way to lay her eggs.
“Gamera is really neat
And he’s made of turtle meat
We believe in Ga-mer-aaaaaa!”
Soup On The Hoof
A couple of years ago, the Bro-In-Law and I were fishing
in the Gulf, and one
of those things slowly came to the surface. I thought it was the hood
of a pick-up or something. Scared the beegeezzzes out of me...LOL
Ana’s journey opens mystery of ‘oceanic superhighway’[Tracking Green Sea Turtle]