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HARUN YAHYA
(Chelonia mydas), which feeds along the Brazilian coast. Each year,
thousands of these turtles migrate to Ascension Island in the Atlantic,
a journey of about 2,300 kilometers (1,500 miles). When we consider
that the island they migrate to is only 11 kilometers (7 miles) wide,
their migration skills can be more easily appreciated. An experiment
conducted on the turtles’ movements focused on the route followed
by an adult loggerhead female, who was nesting in south
Queensland. She was tagged with code number X38756 and not seen
again for seven years and eight months. Then in 1989 she was caught
in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria 2,543 kilometers (1,600 miles)
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