Maramba

Crocodile Islands sea turtle monitoring

A project of NAMRA.

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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2014-06-25 12:00:00
Release Location: Mooroonga Island
Last Location: 2016-04-15 11:50:27

Background

Maramba is an adult female flatback turtle and deposited a clutch of eggs on Murrungga Island on June 24th 2014. She weight 62 kg and had a CCL of 87 cm. She was released with a go-pro camera to shoot footage of the first part of her journey back to her foraging habitat. She has been transmitting her position for nearly a full year.