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Loggerhead Turtle Dilly Dally Returns to Atlantic with Live Satellite Tag

A Smithsonian satellite tag will send live updates to researchers studying migration patterns of rehabilitated sea turtles.

People look on as an adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly-Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls toward the Atlantic Ocean after being released, on the beach in front of Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
People look on as an adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly-Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls into the Atlantic Ocean after being released, on the beach in front of Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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Overview

  • Rescued in January at Loggerhead Marinelife Center after predator-inflicted front flipper wounds, Dilly Dally underwent amputation and months of rehabilitation.
  • Staff and volunteers braved stormy weather to release the juvenile loggerhead on June 4 from Juno Beach, Florida, where beachgoers cheered her return to the sea.
  • On June 3, the Center fitted the turtle with a Smithsonian satellite tag to record her movements as she adapts to life at sea with three flippers.
  • The live satellite device transmits real-time location data, offering researchers unprecedented insights into post-release migration and foraging behavior.
  • Updates on Dilly Dally’s journey can be accessed by the public through the Marinelife Turtle Tracker online platform.