Since her release into the Arabian Sea late last month, she has travelled nearly 240 km, indicating that she is adapting well ...
The turtle was previously picked up by the New York Marine Rescue Center and was being tracked, so the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry employees knew the turtle, named Arugula, was near. At 9 a.m.
Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.