Barnacle, a rare olive ridley sea turtle who was rehabilitated at Jumeirah Al Naseem's turtle lagoon, was released back into the Arabian Gulf after treatment of her positive bouyancy condition. Barnacle, a rare olive ridley sea turtle who was rehabilitated at Jumeirah Al Naseem's turtle lagoon, was released back into the Arabian Gulf after treatment of her positive bouyancy condition.

A rare Olive Ridley sea turtle, named 'Barnacle', checked out of Jumeirah Al Naseem’s turtle rehabilitation lagoon on May 11 along with more than 70 critically endangered hawksbill turtles, who had all been nursed back to health by the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP), headed back home into the waters of the Arabian Gulf.

“There are very few Olive Ridleys nesting in Arabia and all of them nest on Masirah Island in Oman. This is the first time an Olive Ridley has been tagged in the UAE and we are all very excited to discover where she will travel to next. This initiative provides valuable data about how the turtles are progressing in the wild. We are especially gratefully to the local community and the organisations who found many of the injured turtles and brought them to us for rehabilitation," said marine biologist and Burj Al Arab aquarium operations manager Warren Baverstock.

 

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