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01-26-2008, 06:28 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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|  Long Swim...
Endangered Turtle Makes Record 647-Day Journey 
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
January 24, 2008
"...A leatherback sea turtle recently completed the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate: 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean..."
"...The turtle made this "epic journey spanning tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific just to eat jellyfish off Oregon," said Scott Benson of NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in Moss Landing, California..."  - Must be something really special about those Oregon jellyfish.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott")
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01-26-2008, 07:22 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 38
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That's awesome. Way to avoid the nets big guy! | |
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01-26-2008, 09:59 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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thats too cool.i love sea turtles.wonder how old it is
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01-27-2008, 10:27 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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The Great Turtle Race http://www.greatturtlerace.com/ Swim on... The Kentucky Derby is still a few weeks away, but there’s another big animal race taking place right now deep in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The Great Turtle Race started on Monday as 11 leatherback turtles left the shores of Costa Rica on their spring migration to the Galapagos Islands. They should complete the 1,200-mile journey within the next couple weeks. Satellite tracking equipment is strapped to each turtle and their progress is being monitored on the website GREATTURTLERACE.COM. The tracking information measures their progress toward the island and also how deep they’re diving into the ocean.
Leatherback turtles are an endangered species that some environmentalists fear could be wiped off the Earth in the next 10 years. The female populations of the turtles have dropped from 115,000 in 1980 to less than 43,000 today.
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01-27-2008, 10:30 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Good for him! " just keep on swimmin keep on swimmin " _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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01-27-2008, 10:49 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Thats all he has to do it's his only Job swim eat and breed .. LOL Now if he went on to the local fishmart and ordered some jellyfish that would be impressive LOL Joking turtle lovers just joking..   _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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01-28-2008, 11:59 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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01-28-2008, 01:21 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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how many preditors would it have had to dodge? _________ 
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01-28-2008, 07:02 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, VIC,Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tangster  Thats all he has to do it's his only Job swim eat and breed .. LOL Now if he went on to the local fishmart and ordered some jellyfish that would be impressive LOL Joking turtle lovers just joking.. | I agree with you  So bloody what Now, If a cow did it, then I would be impressed LOL
Cheers
John
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01-28-2008, 07:24 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 46
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Do you think his kids kept asking him "Are we there yet?"
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