Annie, the well-known loggerhead turtle appears to have discovered a brand new house in Maputo Bay after being rescued by the NSRI on Noordhoek seaside earlier than being positioned beneath the cautious care of the Two Oceans Aquarium Training Basis years in the past.
Annie was affectionately nicknamed ‘Bubble Butt’ as a result of she swam round her tank along with her bum within the air. In keeping with Maryke Musson on the Aquarium, “there might [have been] some air trapped in her physique cavity, or in any other case she is only one very gassy woman!”
The muse’s Turtle Rescue, Rehabilitation and Launch Programme launched Annie on 14 January 2021 after a profitable rehabilitation when she was present in a ghost fishing internet.
Since her launch, she was reported swimming round Maputo Bay in July after a four-month journey from Cape City, virtually 2800 km. She has now been there for 3 months, and Maputo Bay appears to have turn into her everlasting house.
Maputo Bay gives Annie a spread of habitats with unimaginable biodiversity, from mangroves, seagrass beds, massive coral reefs, sandy and rocky seashores.
She is going to share this setting with dolphins, whales, sharks, seahorses, the endangered dugong and 5 different turtle species. The placement can also be ideally suited as a result of it’s a Marine Protected Space (MPA).
This MPA contains well-managed conservation websites with a big data base amongst its lively analysis amenities and excessive species variety.
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Photos: Two Oceans Aquarium.