Safiro

Zakynthos 2007: Loggerhead Turtles

A project of Marine Turtle Research Group.

click map for full-size version Safiro started to head in the direction of North Africa soon after we attached a transmitter to her. In the area of Malta, she changed her course a few times, but then resumed to head towards the Gulf of Gabès. She has been foraging there all winter and will likely stay there until her transmitter stopped.

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2007-07-27 04:15:00
Release Location: Kalamaki beach
Last Location: 2009-05-28 00:19:54

Adoptive Parents:
Georgia Nogowczyk
Mrs. Gloster's AP Environmental Science Class
Nathan Shapiro
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Harlem-Mae
SYDNEY
DANIELLE
Edison Goduni
Mrs Christine Jones

Background

Safior is the last Zakynthian loggerhead equipped with a satellite transmitter this season. She had chosen to emerge on a developed part of beach and crawled into a wall at the back of the beach, which luckily didn’t deter her from nesting. Safiro did not bear any tags before we encoutered her.