Baiyungu with her Sat-tracker and the 2017-18 Gnaraloo turtle team

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:1:56 GMT

"Baiyungu" is an Aboriginal language group from the Gnaraloo-Ningaloo area. Baiyungu is a loggerhead turtle who was found in the Gnaraloo Bay (Western Australia)BP8-BP9 sector on the night of 8th December 2017 and after filling in her nesting chamber, was restrained by the portable turtle box being assembled around her. She measured 93.5 cm. She was given the flipper tags WB15140 and WB15141 She was marked on her rear carapace with the letter "B" On her carapace front the Wildlife Computers "SPOT 6" ARGOS satellite tracker ARGOS ID number 158487 was attached with epoxy glue. After release she stayed close to her Gnaraloo Bay nesting beach until 11th December, when she moved 20 km north to the reef adjacent to the Gnaraloo Cape Farquhar nesting beach. - submitted by Aub Strydom