Through a historical operation, which in addition to a lot of professionalism was carried out with much love and care, the Turtle Jorge returned to the sea On April 11, 2025. It was an immense task among the Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center and Naval Prefecture through which the animal was successfully reinserted in its natural habitat.
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Precisely, Jorge returned to the water in the Southwestern Atlantic; that is to say on the Argentine coast of that cardinal location of the ocean. And now, depending on a series of factors, you can know how your life journey continues.
It is that Jorge, of Caretta Caretta species, was placed in his shell a satellite transmitter that makes it possible to have monitoring of his next steps, after being reinserted in the sea. “The transmitter nailed north and The turtle is already in the area of Villa Gesell. It is moving more or less 30 kilometers from the coast. The last 24 hours swam approximately 60 kilometers. It seems to be fit and transmits very well, ”they detailed from the Marine Fauna Rehabilitation Center.
Also, biologists who follow Jorge also explained that, Little by little, the animal was moving away from the city, heading to the north: “The sea has been very nice. I have had very good positions, of the best quality. I think it should have been resting because it was floating a long time. We recorded two or three positions in the same place and of very good quality. There was the divine sea and a tremendous moon. It will be enjoying the moon after 40 years. It goes at an adequate speed and seems to have been oriented well, at least for now.”
In this context, it is essential to keep in mind that the satellite transmitter (which is Wildlife Computers brand, of the Argos company) although it works permanently, it depends a lot – for its reports – on the behavior of the turtle. It is an antenna that can transmit positioning and migration data of these turtles. But, for the score to indicate the correct positions, Jorge must have his shell on the surface. And, for now, it seems to be enjoying more of the depths.
“The quality of the positions is not so precise and that, probably, it is because it is taking the shell very little. You have to wait until it gives me a better quality position and that will be perhaps at the time when you decide to rest on the surface. There the system best adjusts the calculation of its route, with more precision,” said the specialist making a lot of emphasis on the need to be careful at the time of interpreting this transmitter and reflecting precise The measurements always depend on the path on which Jorge decides to go.
The team that worked in Jorge’s reintegration
Previously, Jorge had been in the aquarium of the city of Mendoza and the mayor, Ulpiano Suarez, spoke about his reintegration Highlighting that after a three -year preparation and adaptation process, Jorge returned to his natural habitat. “I want to highlight all the specialists, professionals and institutions that intervened and worked articulated so that this is possible. And thank them for commitment and dedication. We achieve it together,” said the communal chief.
In this sense, it should be remembered that the reintegration of this Marine Cabezona turtle (such as its name) was coordinated by a multidisciplinary team made up of professionals from Mar del Plata Aquarium, researchers from the Laboratory of Ecology, Conservation and Marine Mammals (LECymm) of the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (Macn-Conicet) and the Institute of Marine and Coastal Research (IIMYC, UNMDP Mar del Plata). In the expedition there were representatives of the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences, researchers of CONICET, the head of Veterinary of Aquarium, members of Naval Prefecture and accredited press.
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