National Geographic locates Pretoma's Hawksbill Sea Turtle

The National Geographic expedition to Cocos Island has found “Georgina”, a hawksbill sea turtle that Pretoma tracked for 3 days in August before the satellite transmitter it was fitted with stopped transmitting. Now, almost a month later, the turtle was located by chance by Sylvia Earl, according to whom the turtle interacted with the expedition’s divers and showed no adverse effects of being tagged. Watch Video Hawksbill La Expedición Científica de National Geographic que está en la Isla del Coco ha encontrado a “Georgina”, una tortuga de carey que Pretoma rastreó durante 3 días el pasado agosto, hasta que el receptor falló. Ahora, después de casi un mes, la tortuga fue observada por Sylvia Earl, quien afirma que la tortuga interactuó con los buzos de expedición sin mostrar efectos adversos por haber sido marcada.