Comments on: Great Turtle Race Underway with Olympic Swimmers as Coaches http://www.kastawayswimwear.com/Blog/index.php/great-turtle-race-underway-with-olympic-swimmers-as-coaches/ Blogging about swimming and other aquatics sports Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bryan http://www.kastawayswimwear.com/Blog/index.php/great-turtle-race-underway-with-olympic-swimmers-as-coaches/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Bryan Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:36:00 +0000 http://kastawayswimwear.com/Blog/index.php/great-turtle-race-underway-with-olympic-swimmers-as-coaches/#comment-719 Thanks for a great post about the Great Turtle Race, and thanks for keeping folks up to date on progress.<br /><br />One note: you mentioned that 'the turtles must average 285 miles per day in order to cover the 4000 miles in just two weeks.'<br /><br />To clarify, although the data are real, we have compressed the migration, which takes 4 to 6 months in real-time to 2 weeks. You can think of it like a reality show (not one of the bad ones) or an instant replay. So, it's real, everything that's happening really has happened, but we're just showing everything in a compressed way to facilitate the online media presentation of the data.<br /><br />In real-time, leatherbacks can cover 40-70 kilometers per day (25-40 miles per day).<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bryan Wallace<br />Conservation International Thanks for a great post about the Great Turtle Race, and thanks for keeping folks up to date on progress.

One note: you mentioned that ‘the turtles must average 285 miles per day in order to cover the 4000 miles in just two weeks.’

To clarify, although the data are real, we have compressed the migration, which takes 4 to 6 months in real-time to 2 weeks. You can think of it like a reality show (not one of the bad ones) or an instant replay. So, it’s real, everything that’s happening really has happened, but we’re just showing everything in a compressed way to facilitate the online media presentation of the data.

In real-time, leatherbacks can cover 40-70 kilometers per day (25-40 miles per day).

Thanks,
Bryan Wallace
Conservation International

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