Etiqueta 'Thunderbird the turtle'
Thunderbird | The Dangerous Journey Of A Sea Turtle
This is the story of Thunderbird, a loggerhead turtle that escaped from ghost fishing gear in the Mediterranean and, if our worst suspicions are confirmed, ended up being unintentionally caught by the industrial fishing fleet in Senegal. This video shows Thunderbird´s extraordinary journey, of more than 6,000 km over 7 months, discovering some of the main threats that sea turtles and other marine megafauna species face throughout their lives.
Turtle’s tale from Mallorca reveals double fishing threat
Entanglement in abandoned or lost fishing gear has become the major threat for sea turtles in the Balearic Islands.
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