Loggerhead Turtles South Atlantic (IMAGE)

University of Central Florida

Loggerhead Turtles South Atlantic

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South Atlantic sea turtles do not passively ride prevailing currents as historically assumed, but instead actively swim and orient to keep themselves offshore. Depending on whether they hatch early, in the middle or late in the sea turtle hatching season, they travel in different and sometimes opposite directions, including into the Northern Hemisphere.

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