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Preparing for Ossie’s Release: Tracking Turtles and Building Lifelong Bonds | Sarah Alley and Rachel Cantrell
The Tybee Island Marine Science Center podcast welcomes senior curators Sarah Alley and Rachel Cantrell to discuss fall weather, daily animal husbandry, and preparations for the release of their three-year-old loggerhead sea turtle Ossie.
They explain the multi-week process of ordering, programming, testing, and attaching a satellite tag, and recall last year’s tagged turtle Westie, whose tracker pinged for nearly a year and fueled community updates. The hosts also cover ongoing tank cleaning and resets, new support from partner trawls for collecting animals, and the addition of a downstairs…
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