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turtle. Scientists at Queensland's James Cook University found the animals travel more than 12,000 miles from Queensland, across the Pacific Ocean, to South America - and back.
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Scientists at Queensland's James Cook University found the animals travel more than 12,000 miles from Queensland, across the Pacific Ocean, to South America - and back.
The epic migration was discovered after genetic testing on loggerhead turtles found stranded on the Australia coast and caught by fishermen in Peru, the Independent reports.
A group of turtles is called a bale. Historically, turtles have been the symbols of patience and wisdom. In the Hawaiian the word “honu” means sea turtles and represents long life. Turtles have been alive for more than 200 million years. They have been alive longer than mammals, birds, crocodiles, snakes and lizards. The earliest turtles had teeth and they could not pull their heads into their shells, but other than that they were very similar to the turtles that are alive today. Some people believe that the turtles’ shell is what has allowed them to successfully survive for so long.
A group of turtles is called a bale. Historically, turtles have been the symbols of patience and wisdom. In the Hawaiian the word “honu” means sea