The Koopa Troopas are turtle-like creatures originating from the Mario games. That is an impressive 24.4km/day. At approximately 25 years of age, we knew she was maturing and her breeding instincts started kicking in. This includes hake, mackerel, pilchard, tuna and red crab fishing. There have been two effective transfers of matrilines between the groups, likely through the waters around South Africa. They first appeared in the very first Super Mario Bros. game, and have appeared many more times after their debut. Pemba is in a slightly chilly 17°C water, so that would have slowed her down a bit as well. After a year of being lost while picking mushrooms (in the Funimation dub this was changed to him getting in a race with a hare as a reference to the classic table "The Tortoise and the Hare" presumably in reference to Goku's habit of mistakingly calling Turtle a Tortoise), Turtle ended up in Skull Valley one morning where he met Goku and was almost mistaken for a rock. Yoshi has made some good progress over the last few days, moving approximately 184km up the West Coast. She has now travelled about 1 533km up the west coast of Africa. It seems as if she celebrated the New Year relaxing offshore, as she only travelled about 3.5km between 31 December and 1 January. ), but we are pleased to report that Yoshi is still cruising like the marathon-swimmer she is. Is she heading back to Cape Town – or planning to go up the East Coast of Africa as we originally assumed she would do? Yoshi is still on her way back "down" the coast of Namibia and about 194 kilometres northwest of Walvis Bay. She seems to have adapted well to life back in the big blue, just as we hoped and anticipated. She has travelled 1 860km already. This is also 109km-long straight line from her release site. The tag transmits a message every time she surfaces (most likely whenever she pops up to breathe). She followed a strict exercise routine to get her nice and fit. She is currently about 100km west of Cape Columbine in a very mild water temperature ranging between 18.5 to 19.6°C. She is now 731km at a 341° heading (north-northwest) from her release site – that is the straight-line distance. Click here to all see the pics of Yoshi's release. She swam a very impressive 56km on 2 February! Help us reach our goal of R150 000 for this cause, Animal behaviour: Turtles Bob and Yoshi's life with Simon Leigh, In pictures: A farewell for Yoshi the loggerhead turtle, Yoshi the loggerhead turtle has been released, Web design and content by Flow Communications, Where in the world is Yoshi the loggerhead turtle? It has sent over 8 000 positions through 1 617 satellite passes! We have seen 634 satellite passes and received 4237 transmission messages in total. She passed Doringbaai on 7 January and started to move much closer to shore. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas”. She continues to swim against the current (which is at about 0.72km/h from the southeast at the moment) and she is also swimming against a rather strong 30km/h wind! Yoshi the turtle has gained widespread attention, and support, from ocean-lovers around the world. From The World and PRX, this is The Number in the News. In 1997, the crew of a Japanese fishing vessel rescued a small injured loggerhead sea turtle somewhere in the Indian ocean and kept it onboard, looking after it like a much-loved pet. On arrival in the port of Cape Town, they contacted the Two Oceans Aquarium, which opened to the public only two years prior, … Yoshi: The amazing story of a loggerhead turtle Read More » Over the last 171 days she has averaged about 27km per day which is good going for a turtle her size and with her very frequent ’snack stops’. She travelled just over 36km over the last 24 hours, and is thus making good progress. They are only 147km apart. In typical Yoshi behaviour, she likes doing her own thing. They are less likely to be hunted for their meat or shell as with other types of turtles but are accidentally captured in fishing gear, which is a significant problem for them . I was just wondering because I personally think hes a Dino, but a friend of mine thinks he's a turtle. Since the last update, Yoshi has travelled about 368 kilometres, forming a big half-loop around some seamounts west of Sumbe, Angola. Last week she was approximately 30 kilometres offshore in warm 28°C deep water, but she has since moved inshore to milder 24°C waters. It supports high biological diversity including corals and many threatened seabirds. posted over a year ago. The Kitabanga Project in Angola works actively to protect turtles. Hamato Yoshi was an orphan, who, begged in the streets of Tokyo Japan with his best friend, Yukio Mashimi, in the 1960s. The water temperature is about 22°C at her current location, and reasonably shallow, with seabed depth of just 15m. A 180 kilogram turtle named Yoshi is doing the rounds on social media which tracked her remarkable journey halfway around the world to locate her home after she was released from 20 years in captivity. A sea turtle in Florida builds a nest for itself in the sand before sunrise. It's been a while since our last update (sorry! It is thought to be the longest animal journey — by distance and duration* — ever recorded by a satellite tag. +27 (0)21 814 4504. We also know that turtles have lifespans of 80 years or more, which meant that Yoshi was going to outlive many of us. Loggerhead sea turtles are globally distributed – she could literally still go anywhere, however, it seems as if she is about to head towards the Northern Cape at the moment. Yoshi has travelled a total of 3 646km since her release. From here, the water temperature will start increasing quite rapidly now. Yoshi is a loggerhead turtle, which is a species of sea turtle named for its large head and powerful jaw. July was her swimming month – this was just after she turned around half way up the Angolan coast, and she covered 1 262 kilometres in just one month! She, of course, spent quite a bit of time exploring Cape Town waters and the coastline – with two visits rather close to shore (2km and 6km offshore) - compared to her current 130km offshore position, and that is why her total distance travelled is significantly more than the straight-line distance. Her average swimming speed is currently 1.21km per hour – which is perfectly within the normal range for loggerheads (wild and released). She was named after the vessel’s cook, Yoshitaro, a man of small stature just like the little turtle. Meet Yoshi, turtle who travelled 37,000 kms to locate her home Yoshi went halfway around the world to locate her home after she was released from 20 years in captivity. Yoshi love eating things! At her current swimming speed, we can expect her to reach the DRC in about 6 weeks. The surface temperature is a very acceptable 19°C with very little current. Rosalina wants to keep it but Mario cannot let go of his past. There are two main types of Koopa; Red Koopa and Green Koopa. Luckily for Yoshi, turtles have been protected under Angola’s hunting laws since 1972. The water temperature is a comfortable 25.7°C and she has a slight southeast wind behind her, while swimming against a very gentle current. Loggerhead turtles are found in all the oceans and there are nesting sites all around the world, so she could literally still go anywhere. One year since release. According to official Nintendo employees Yoshi's real name (aka. “Yoshi weighed 180 kg when she left the aquarium, which is on the heavy side for a loggerhead turtle, but a crossing of the Indian ocean swimming 50 km per day is probably a good fitness training and she was probably quite hungry when she arrived in Australian waters. Yoshi the loggerhead turtle arrived in Cape Town in July 1997 on a Japanese fishing vessel as a small 2-kilogram juvenile with a very distinctive injury on the side of her shell. Since our last update, she moved 175km north before turning towards the coast, around 5 March, and slowly making her way back to Walvis Bay, where she is currently swimming around, about 3.42km from shore. Log In to add custom notes to this or any other game. The water was a very respectable 18 - 19.5°C. At her current pace, she might be back in South African waters by November. From April 2020, Yoshi decided to go into her own bit of lockdown, remaining along Eighty Mile Beach , a beautiful and remote 220 km stretch, between Port Hedland and Broome. Her daily average distance travelled since release is just over 31km, which is a very respectable 1.3km/hour mean swimming speed. She was released at the age of 26 years old. Yoshi has now been at sea for 90 days, and has clocked up a very impressive 2 540km. It is much shallower where she currently finds herself, so yet again, she is likely having a bit of a feeding frenzy. The water temperature has increased to about 20.4°C, which she's surely enjoying. Total distance travelled since release is 594km. Both turtles are in about 17.5°C water – not quite as warm as they generally like, but they are clearly doing well even at this temperature. Yoshi is definitely still exploring offshore Cape Town. Yoshi has been exploring the Atlantic Ocean for 279 days now – what an incredible journey. 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