Adelita (turtle)

Adelita (turtle)

Adelita was the name of the first sea turtle tracked across an ocean basin. A satellite tag was placed on Adelita, a loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta"), in 1996 by Wallace "J" Nichols as part of a research project.

External links

* [http://www.turtles.org/adelita.htm Original web site]
* [http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/adelita Tracking Page]


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