The «Salina» turtle has already swam 1500 kilometers since it was returned to the sea on July 20, according to data collected by satellites.
According to Zoomarine, which recovered this specimen of the species Caretta caretta e reintroduced it into nature, in collaboration with the Portuguese Navy, 'Saline has been swimming at an average of more than 50 kilometers per day, having passed the Gulf of Cadiz, swam along the coast of Tangier, entered the Strait of Gibraltar, and since then has been sailing in large circles along the Alboran Sea, between Malaga (Spain) and El Jehba (Morocco)».
Now, «it is about 345 kilometers (in a straight line) from the place where it was returned», 11 miles from the coast, facing Faro, moment that o Sul Informação followed.
This loggerhead turtle was rescued in June 2021 by fisherman Ricardo Gonçalves, who delivered it to Porto d'Abrigo do Zoomarine. When he arrived in that space, the turtle was “very anemic, had a hook stuck in the entrance of the stomach and presented a high risk of developing aspiration pneumonia”.
However, on the 20th of July, the turtle “received a second chance at life when, in cooperation between the Zoomarine team of specialists and the Portuguese Navy (Southern Maritime Department), it was returned to the sea about 20 kilometers to the south. in Faro».
«If conditions are maintained, Salina (which, over the years, may even prove to be 'the Salino'…) should continue on its path, indifferent to the contribution it is making to science – and that is how it should be, to respect their well-being and their return to a peaceful life, honoring the biology of the species (living for decades, reproducing annually, and never interbreeding with humans again)», emphasizes Zoomarine.
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