Travel Bug Dog Tag Wasabi, the Green Sea Turtle TB

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Released:
Friday, December 7, 2012
Origin:
Western Cape, South Africa
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of LoboBranco2017.

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Wasabi, the Green Sea Turtle TB

We met Wasabi in 2010 while she was part of the I&J Predator Exhibit at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa.
 
She is a green sea turtle and was found stranded on Muizenberg beach, near Cape Town in December 2006.  She was weak and dehydrated with an injured right flipper, and a very long way from her home in the warm Indian Ocean.  Upon arrival at the aquarium, she weighed a mere 392g with a carapace measuring 18.3cm long and 19.1cm wide.  Aquarium staff nursed her back to health and she was first displayed in the Oceans of Contrast: Indian Ocean Gallery before moving to the I&J Predator Exhibit in 2008.
 
By April 2010 she weighed in at 36kg with a carapace length of 65cm and width of 54cm, however, aquarium staff started noting that Wasabi was using her right flipper less and less, particularly when the temperature in the exhibit dropped.  She was diagnosed with chronic arthritis, probably due to the old injury to the flipper.  This was made worse by the cold waters of the exhibit. 
 
Fortunately, uShaka Marine World in Durban agreed to provide her with a permanent home in a more temperate water exhibit, and on 14 July, 2010 Wasabi was flown first-class from Cape Town to her new home in Durban.
 
Green sea turtles are listed as endangered and are protected from exploitation in most countries.

Read Wasabi's story on the Two Oceans Aquarium Blog.

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Tracking History (10183.2mi) View Map

Visited 10/16/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to OFF THE ROAD -LEVADAS Aveiro, Portugal - .22 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/16/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to OFF THE ROAD - LEVADAS II Aveiro, Portugal - .35 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/16/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to OFF THE ROAD - Azenha Aveiro, Portugal - 15.77 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/19/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to Reservatório Elevado de Água da Tocha Coimbra, Portugal - 13.63 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/18/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to FP-026 - A Génese da Sinalização Marítima Coimbra, Portugal   Visit Log
Visited 9/18/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to FP-026 - A Génese da Sinalização Marítima Coimbra, Portugal   Visit Log
Visited 9/18/2022 LoboBranco2017 took it to FP-026 - A Génese da Sinalização Marítima Coimbra, Portugal - 17.92 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/1/2021 LoboBranco2017 retrieved it from 🚜 𝑨 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂 🚜 Coimbra, Portugal   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 8/7/2021 Lusitana Paixão placed it in 🚜 𝑨 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂 🚜 Coimbra, Portugal - 31.12 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/3/2021 Lusitana Paixão retrieved it from O Cais do Chegado Aveiro, Portugal   Visit Log

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