Lucy

CVA Eco Beach, Western Australia - Flatback Monitoring Program

A project of CVA Eco Beach, Western Australia - Flatback Monitoring Program.

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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2009-11-13 00:21:15
Release Location: Eco Beach, Western Australia
Last Location: 2010-07-28 06:24:09

Adoptive Parents:
Evelyn Venable
Shawn Robert Orlando
Matthew Richmond
Veronica
Lisa and Vicki
Kyle Edwards

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Background

Lucy is an Australian flatback turtle tagged with a KiwiSat 101 PTT at Eco Beach, south of Broome in Western Australia.

Lucy measured 86cms (CCL) and 73cms (CCW) and laid 41 eggs.

Her tag numbers were WA52508 WA52854 but most curiously she was tagged by the same field researchers the previous year at the project. Current available information indicates that flatbacks nest every two to five years.

The attachment of the harness and transmitter deployment on Lucy was conducted by field researchers Glenn McFarlane and Tony Dingwall. Glenn and Tony gratefully appreciate the assistance of our volunteers Sandi Densley, Kerry Hadley and Aoife Suttle.

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