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Reminds me of this cool article, about sea turtles and the North Atlantic Gyre: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/secret-route-sea-turtles-revealed-f
by turtledragonfly 2y ago
Reminds me of this cool article, about sea turtles and the North Atlantic Gyre: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/secret-route-sea-turtles-revealed-first-time https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/secret-route-se...
Apparently, many turtles spend some of their youth in the Sargasso Sea, in the center of the gyre, which has a lot of seaweed shelter and biodiversity, and is warmer. Then they leave when they're stronger.