KENDRAPARA (ORISSA): Orissa Forest department and Wildlife Institute of India has again embarked on a telemetry tracking of endangered marine species by establishing Platform Terminal Transmitters (PTT) linkage on three Olive Ridley turtles along Gahirma tha coast.
The telemetry experiment under the stewardship of a six-member team of WII researchers was successfully conducted on February 1 along Babuballi Island of Gahirmatha coast, according to forest officials.
The experiment which had earlier failed to yield desired results aims at exploring the mysterious path these aquatic species travel. “We intercepted two male turtles and a female along the deep sea water near unmanned Babuballi Island.
They were fitted with PTT telemetry objects weighing about 2 kilograms,'' said a forest official who took part in the exercise. The animals were kept under observation to ensure that foreign objects caused no discomfort to the marine visitors. The WII s cientists monitored their movements before they disappeared and plunged into the swirling sea water.
The entire exercise lasted for a little over an hour, he said. As male turtles never invade the nesting ground where females lay eggs, little is known with regard to their behavioural instinct and movement. – PTI
sources:http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/14051454.htm
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