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MeatEater Conservation

Ep. 47: Updates, Wet Markets, and Trans-Ocean Turtles

MeatEater Conservation

MeatEater

Sports, Wilderness, Education

4.99.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This week, Cal talks about the benefits of lap swim, new shark species, wet markets, barbels not barbells, and so much more.

 

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0:00.0

FHF's brand new FOB Bino Harness is a fully enclosed, forward operating Bino Harness that

0:07.9

serves as a secure location for your binoculars and other critical gear during your outdoor

0:13.4

pursuits.

0:14.6

This harness is a feature rich American-made product with magnetic closures, laser-cut

0:19.6

mulley attachment panels, and more.

0:22.0

What's more, it comes with our new airframe shoulder harness and wind-call pouch.

0:27.1

Head ahead of your season planning and check out the industry's best Bino Harness only at FHFgear.com.

0:45.0

From Meadie-Doo's world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

0:50.4

with Ryan Cal Calan.

0:52.7

Now, here's Cal.

0:55.0

A Loggerhead Sea Turtle may be the first ever recorded sea turtle to swim from Cape Town,

1:01.1

South Africa to the Pylbera coast of Australia, a distance of almost 23,000 miles.

1:08.6

Loggerhead Sea Turtles have what is called a cosmopolitan distribution, meaning they live

1:13.6

just about anywhere suitable temperatures exist.

1:16.8

But the females only lay eggs at select nesting sites.

1:21.2

For example, it is suspected that 95% of the Americas' Loggerhead population nest in

1:27.9

Japan.

1:28.9

In 1996, one turtle was tracked making that trip from Mexico a distance of about 9,000 miles,

1:35.6

which at the time was the only cross ocean basin journey of any marine mammal on record.

1:42.1

Not to play this admittedly amazing journey down, but adult Loggerhead spent 85% of their

1:47.8

lives submerged.

1:49.4

They're capable of holding their breath for over 4 hours, they literally travel the

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