"Tuba" the Sea Turtle Logs 15,000 Kilometers in New Voyage

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Milliyet Newspaper, 1 January 2022)

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                                 Travels with Tuba

After being found injured in Muğla in 2019, a 'caretta caretta'-type sea 

turtle named Tuba was fitted with a tracking device and put back in the 

water on 28 August 2019.  So far, Tuba has logged 15,000 kilometers, 

traveling to Greece in the first year and from there to Malta and Croatia.  

More than 6 million people have been following Tuba's travels on the 

internet. 

DEKAMER (Sea Turtles  Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center)

at Pamukkale University re-launched Tuba from Iztuzu Beach in Ortaca

district of Muğla province.  Injured sea turtles like Tuba are rehabilitated

by DEKAMER and put back into their natural maritime habitat.   Tuba,

a female, is thought to be between 25-30-years-old.

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