Entries for date "July 1999"
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wallacejnichols
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July 20, 1999
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By Environment Correspondent Alex Kirby Conservationists say they are now convinced that loggerhead turtles routinely migrate across the Pacific from Japan to Mexico, and then swim back. The distance involved - 12,000km each way - makes this one of the longest migrations recorded. It is appreciably longer than the 10,000km…
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wallacejnichols
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July 19, 1999
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Like their cousin the tortoise, sea turtles may take their time, but they are remarkably persistent, according to new evidence from an Earthwatch sponsored researcher. A tag was recovered in Baja, Mexico, from the flipper of a Loggerhead sea turtle that was tagged in Japan. The tag confirms that endangered…
