Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Darwina Continues Her Long Swim from Bonaire
As a followup to our story from last July, Darwina has been swimming a marathon! She’s surely the most amazing female Green turtle that STCB has tracked.
Darwina has passed the Bay Islands, turned to the north, and was swimming parallel to the coast of Belize. Continuing on, she is now swimming along the coast of Mexico. Ahead of her lies Banco Chinchirro and still further north the island of Cozumel and Cancun. (It has been suggested by some that Darwina is headed to Cancun for rest and a massage.)
Currently, Darwina is over 2200 km from Bonaire and is traveling at a rate of over 40 km per day! Our previous long distance champ was STINAPA, another female Green turtle. In 2004, we tracked STINAPA to the Miskito Cays off the coast of Nicaragua over 1600 km away. Since placing the satellite transmitter on Darwina on 25 July, her current travel plus her various jaunts to Venezuela, Curacao and around Bonaire have covered over 6700 km! She’s amazing! (Source: STCB)
