Toba continues its journeys of the type Carita Caretta or loggerhead turtle in The Mediterranean three years after Turkish volunteers attached a trace device to her. Adjust out From a rehabilitation center in Southwest Province of Turkey of Mugla for endangered turtles like Same, Tuba currently off the coast of Lychee in Southern Italy.
Although it is not the only turtle of Of the kind that Turkish activists track, it seems to be the most famous as a map was shown showing her movements more from 7 million times on a website run by activists.
In three years, Tuba covered a distance of 17,500 km (10,873 mi) and was the only tortoise whose track was fully tracked over Such a long path, from Turkey to the Adriatic. The Sea Turtle Research and Rescue Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER), with The support of TUI Care Foundation, monitors all move It is believed that it is between the ages of 25 and 30, she has made Since August 28, 2019 team Not just turtle watching, hmm research part of study to learn more About the migration route of Loggerhead turtles, where are they spend winter and how they are looking for food. tracking also It gives insight into the conditions that drive the tortoise near beaches or anywhere else and how Currents and magnetic fields affect their trajectory.
Left Tuba Beach Iztuzu in The famous Mugla for Caretta carettas, spent about two months off the coast of Neighboring town of Marmaris. is then left for Greece and over the classroom of Three years, he visited Malta, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia.
There are seven known species of sea turtles in The world and Turkey home To loggerhead sea turtles and green turtles, who Choose the beaches of the Mediterranean countries for nesting; their habitat stretch From the southwest end of Mediterranean coast in Izuzu in Muğla to Samandağı east in Hatay.
The government and the animal protection groups work To protect the turtles that remain under constant surveillance of volunteers. In the past 2 years 231 dead Turtles have drifted ashore across the Turkish coast, according to data from volunteers. anatomy of 87 turtle in Turkey last year found that 20% of suffered from them problems that arose from consumption of plastic materials. In 2020, there were 32 turtles found dead on Different dates after eating plastic.
