Ginger is a female hawksbill sea turtle that's been tracked by the Sea Turtle Conservancy for... Wait for it... 1,670 days. That's almost five years. Ginger was first discovered on the Carribean island of Nevis in 2007. She was tracked ever since. The STC expected that Ginger would stay around Nevis, which she basically did, but didn't think that the transmitter that was glued to her shell would continue to work for five years. Hawksbill turtles are a reclusive species. They aren't known for their long-distance journeys, and have adapted enough to live in coral reefs, using their hawk-like beaks to eat sponges and small crustaceans.
To see a map of Ginger's whereabouts and learn more about sea turtles, visit
www.ConserveTurtles.org
P.S If you want to see another blog post about sea turtles, go to the blog archive and click the one saying HOTEL SUPPORTS SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION
Source:www.ConserveTurtles.org
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