As we mentioned in the beginning of the year, The Green STEM Club has adopted two loggerhead sea turtles. The fourth and fifth grade sea turtle is Pirate Patty. Pirate Patty had been hanging around the southern Florida coast in the first half of the year, but she has been on the move! Her last tracked location shows Pirate Patty was heading toward the Bahamas! Do you think she will go on land?
The second and third grade turtle is named Peach. Peach has been hanging out in the same location, close to our coastline, over the past few months. However, during the holidays, Peach started heading south, further into the Gulf of Mexico. Her last tracked location, though, shows her right back in her regular habitat, where she had been hanging out the past few months. Why do you think she moved so much during the holidays? Why do you think she decided to travel back north, to the same spot she had been hanging out before the break?
To keep track of our turtles, visit http://www.conserveturtles.org/satelliteturtles.php
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