The Great Turtle Race

topic posted Thu, April 5, 2007 - 6:12 PM by  Coco
Completely off topic but I love the turtles!

I've started a new tribe, The Great Turtle Race!

If you don't join that's really okay, please check out the site, the turtles are going faster then you think... They may only have 10 years left.

So here's the 411 :

Eleven leatherback turtles are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race" that will be tracked online to draw attention to the plight of the endangered creatures.

The turtles have been tagged with satellite communication devices that give their positions as they head south from their nesting sites on Costa Rica's Playa Grande beach to feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 950 miles away.

Online participants can choose a turtle and track its course at www.greatturtlerace.com from April 16 with the winner being the animal that travels furthest in two weeks of swimming.

There is no prize for the winner of the race, aimed at highlighting the dangers facing a creature that has graced the oceans for 100 million years.

tribes.tribe.net/thegreatturtlerace

Thank you!
posted by:
Coco

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