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JD The Jazz Doctor


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Turtle swims from Indonesia to Oregon

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.

"This is an animal perfectly suited for doing this kind of journey," said Scott Benson, research fishery biologist for the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, who helped track the turtle and presented details of the journey at a sea turtle symposium last month.

The longest distance of nine turtles tagged in 2003, Benson said, was the leatherback that reached Oregon and then headed to Hawaii before the battery on the satellite transmitter gave out. The 12,774-mile journey took 647 days, he said.



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Wow. Go turtle!

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Wow, that's a lot of swimming...or paddling...or whatever it is that turtles do!!  I didn't know they traveled that kind of distance. 

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1. That's a LONG trip for a piece of turtle butt...

2. Leatherbacks are HUGE!




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I love the single-mindedness of his purpose! Whatever happens, just swim swim swim!smile

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Well, when you live for 45 years and don't have opposable thumbs, what else are you going to do?

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yea thats true. I know its just a turtle and therefore of limited consciousness and ability, but still a sentient being. You think of all the challenges faced and he made it. yay!smile

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As Dory would say on Finding Nemo:



Just keep swimming swimming swimming.....

-- Edited by Sparky at 11:05, 2008-02-08

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GREAT!

ANOTHER friggin' illegal immigrant!!  angered.gif

How many domestic turtles have to lose their jobs before we say enough is enough?!?  weirdface.gif

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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

GREAT!

ANOTHER friggin' illegal immigrant!!  angered.gif

How many domestic turtles have to lose their jobs before we say enough is enough?!?  weirdface.gif


LOL!  Though didn't the article say he headed back towards Hawaii?  I think he was just vacationing.



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I think he came here to play, not worksmile.

...the other meaning of gettin his bidness on...smile

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Now that's a long distance relationship. Either that or Oregon has some really good takeout.

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