Yoshi was released off Cape Point two years ago. She is now swimming off Western AustraliaAn endangered turtle who spent two decades living in a South African aquarium tank is on track to set a new record for sea animal migration following her return to the wild. Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle, has racked up more than 22,000 miles, often swimming against the tide, since she was lowered into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Point a little over two years ago. Scientists had expected the 183kg (403lb) marine reptile to head for established African breeding beaches closer to the Equator on the Atlantic or Indian Ocean coastlines. Yet after a year long feeding trip up the west coast of Africa to Angola, she surprised researchers by swimming back towards Cape Town, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and heading out into

Source: The Times January 30, 2020 17:15 UTC