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Leatherbacks are the most inspiring of all the Turtles - they have been around on this planet for hundreds of millions of years and have evolved so they can dive to depths of 1km. They migrate vast distances throughout the world's oceans and can be seen around the UK when the waters warm in summer.
Not a lot is known about male Leatherbacks because they spend all their lives at sea so it was particularly important that we attached an electronic tag to a Turtle so we could track its movements. Alas, for now, the Leatherbacks remain untagged.
As we know from previous reports on Leatherbacks, trying to catch a Turtle is a strenous business that had Jody's land legs quivering with exhaustion. Find the video of us trying to net a Leatherback and you can see for yourself how tricky those Turtles were to catch. Fortunately the team successfully caught and tagged a number of Leatherbacks off Cape Cod, one of whom was named Talulah. Talulah is being tracked through the Atlantic and you can read how she was caught in our next report.
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Next report: Talulah the Leatherback
Last report: Video of the team trying to catch a Leatherback