Click here to all see the pics of Yoshi's release. The biggest threat to Yoshi right now would be ghost fishing gear which entangles many marine animals all over the world. I was expecting them to have passed each other by now – but Yoshi veered off to the feeding grounds at Walvis Ridge and Pemba has been in a more relaxed mode west of Luderitz. posted over a year ago. The turtle was released from an aquarium in South Africa in December 2017, 20 years after she was rescued by Japanese … It further added that Yoshi's exact route is impossible to predict but it is expected that she could stick closer to the coastline and or move towards Queensland, where there is a small nesting population of turtles. A 180 kilogram turtle named Yoshi is doing the rounds on social media which tracked her remarkable journey halfway around the world to locate her home after she was released from 20 years in captivity. With his long tongue, he can swallow fruits and enemies completely whole. Over the last 171 days she has averaged about 27km per day which is good going for a turtle her size and with her very frequent ’snack stops’. Yoshi had moved 30km to the east, and was south of Cape Point. Luckily for Yoshi, turtles have been protected under Angola’s hunting laws since 1972. The water is a warm 22.5°C with a total depth of about 46m. In December 2017, Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa, released Yoshi into the open water after 20 years in captivity. Yoshi has now travelled more than 4 600km since her release almost 6 months ago. Yoshi the endangered loggerhead turtle has reached Australia after a two-year, 37,000km swim from Africa, prompting scientists to wonder if she was born here. Yoshi managed to get her passport stamped (again) in the very early hours of Monday morning when she swam into Angolan waters. According to official Nintendo employees Yoshi's real name (aka. She travelled just over 36km over the last 24 hours, and is thus making good progress. In 2017, she was put back in the ocean after 20 years of being with the aquarium. We also know that turtles have lifespans of 80 years or more, which meant that Yoshi was going to outlive many of us. Yoshi’s swimming behaviour strongly suggests that she is feeding here, likely taking advantage of the fertile waters to fill her belly. She then decided to head back in a westerly direction and travelled about 64km before turning around and moving another 24km east. She swims 29km per day on average. She has managed to navigate her way around rich fishing grounds and has thankfully stayed free of ghost fishing gear, one of the biggest threats to sea turtles. Mario and Rosalina find a turtle on the road. Just think of the “Koopas” of being the Mushroom Kingdom version of turtles. She has already navigated past various tuna and hake longline areas, as well as demersal trawl areas. She was the very first rescued sea turtle at the aquarium and was closely monitored and cared for. The aquarium guessed that she was about 3-5 years old at the time and about the size of a dinner plate. We have received approximately 30 transmissions. Yoshi is still travelling across the Indian Ocean and has covered 27 300 kilometres since her release 595 days ago. Yoshi is currently about 131km west of Lüderitz, Namibia – so she has made some very good headway over the last week. We have seen 796 satellite passes with 4 901 transmission messages sent. She is about 150km west of Walvis Bay. Since 18 December, she has moved in a northerly direction and covered about 61km before veering west. The incredible turtle was previously a part of Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa. From The World and PRX, this is The Number in the News. Her swimming pace has remained steady at about 29.4km/day. We have seen a total of 208 satellite passes during the last month of tracking and she is heading towards a total swimming distance of 1 000km! At her current pace, she might be back in South African waters by November. They are doing really well. Tezuka: Yes, I had to always insist he was a turtle… (All laugh) Because we wanted a character that wouldn’t feel out of place in the Mario universe, we decided on a turtle. Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Since her release, she has logged 1 576 satellite passes and transmitted over 8 000 positions. Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle released from the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town in 2017, has recorded the longest journey of a tracked animal after arriving in Australian waters.. Her satellite tag has sent through more than 6200 transmission points with 1119 satellite passes. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. By looking at this information, we can establish that her swimming and breathing behaviour is well within a normal range. You can follow the journey of all these turtles in 2019 here. She moved out of Walvisbay on 16 March and has stayed east of Walvis Ridge. We expected Yoshi to travel and explore for at least the first year after release, and she is clearly doing just that. At her current swimming speed, we can expect her to reach the DRC in about 6 weeks. These are just some of the threats that all turtles face out at sea! I’ve always thought of Koopa Troopa’s and Bowser both being Koopas, but different types of Koopa’s. In 2017, she was put back in the ocean after 20 years of being with the aquarium. If she continues in a northwesterly direction she will quickly get to warmer 19°C water. Yoshi has been travelling the Atlantic Ocean very successfully for 309 days! Yoshi is a Yoshi. She is staying nice and close to warmer water, finding herself in 19°C water at the moment. Loggerhead females nest on or near the beaches where they hatched from, so we are hoping that Yoshi will show us where she started out her incredible life before her satellite tag stops transmitting. They first appeared in the very first Super Mario Bros. game, and have appeared many more times after their debut. Loggerheads are also known to enjoy eating corals, sea sponges, anemones, barnacles, urchins, jellyfish and squid. There is a gentle current from the north. His death occurred shortly before Splinter was mutated along with the Turtles. Yoshi is exploring coastal Southern Angola and has been moving around Ghost Island in the Tiger’s Bay area. A sea turtle in Florida builds a nest for itself in the sand before sunrise. Yoshi has travelled a total of 3 646km since her release. She is now 731km at a 341° heading (north-northwest) from her release site – that is the straight-line distance. Suma park... Ninja Turtles Interrogate Megan Fox She covered a distance of 34.6km over the last 24 hours, so she is going nice and strong. Yoshi the loggerhead turtle arrived in Cape Town in July 1997 on a Japanese fishing vessel as a small 2-kilogram juvenile with a very distinctive injury on the side of her shell. Yoshi the loggerhead sea turtle seems to have found her home range along the Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia and is travelling less than before. +27 (0)21 814 4504. She has travelled a total distance of 205km since release, a solid 41km/day! Green, olive ridley and leatherback turtles have all been seen nesting on Angolan beaches, with loggerhead and hawksbill turtles observed in the waters off Angola - Yoshi is going to have a lot of company for this leg of her journey! She has now travelled more than 3 300km since her release 114 days ago. Yoshi the endangered loggerhead turtle has reached Australia after a two-year, 37,000km swim from Africa, prompting scientists to wonder if she was born here. We talked about this in a previous interview for the SNES Classic Edition, but Yoshi is a turtle, isn’t he? There are different types of turtles, so … The aquarium also said that Yoshi moves between distinctive ridges, which means more food. She is maintaining her pace of about 29.3km per day, which is very impressive. Yoshi has done a good roundabout and we believe it will take a few weeks for her to decide where she will finally head off to. Total distance covered has now passed 5000km! Because Yoshi is such a legend she gave us incredible media exposure and a great platform from which to amplify our ocean conservation messages. Given Yoshi’s age, her excellent health, and her display of certain behaviours, it was decided that it is time for her to be released back into the ocean. She has always been a smart swimmer, making great use of the currents – whereas Yoshi has been and active swimmer – often swimming against the currents (all the training in our I&J Ocean Exhibit clearly made Yoshi fit and strong – and of course her good appetite gives her energy to swim). Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. “Yoshi weighed 180 kg when she left the aquarium, which is on the heavy side for a loggerhead turtle, but a crossing of the Indian ocean swimming 50 km per day is probably a good fitness training and she was probably quite hungry when she arrived in Australian waters. A beach at the Robberg Nature Reserve, a World Heritage Site outside Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route, South Africa, on the southern tip of the African continent, Oct. 26, 2018. He's neither.....he's just a Yoshi. Master Hamato Yoshi was the the greatest ninja and former master of Splinter, before he was tracked down and killed by the Utrom Shredder. Although quite a bit of commercial fishing occurs in this area, the spatial extent is limited to a relatively small area. Let’s hope we get satellite transmission for as long as possible. The incredible turtle was previously a part of Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa. She is currently approximately 106 km off of the Skeleton Coast. Rosalina wants to keep it but Mario cannot let go of his past. With modern satellite tracking technology in collaboration with the government and donors, Two Oceans Aquarium has been able to follow along with Yoshi to map her progress and understand the sights she's seen along the way. Yoshi and dry bones are not related Yoshi is a dinosaur dry bones( im pretty sure ) is a old turtle like troopas. Pemba, on the other hand, is cruising with the currents and wind – and is about 147km east of Yoshi and heading towards the Walvis ridge as well. Right now we just know one thing for sure - she is having a jolly good ocean picnic! Loggerhead turtles are omnivorous and feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, such as sea snails, mussels and crabs. Yoshi is still on her way back "down" the coast of Namibia and about 194 kilometres northwest of Walvis Bay. The surface temperature is a very acceptable 19°C with very little current. © 2021 Two Oceans Aquarium Cape Town, South Africa. "Great conditions for this very fit turtle! Yoshi is, and will be, moving through areas with commercial fisheries. Yoshi has lived a great life since her release, the food-loving loggerhead turtle has been swimming her way from food rich spot to food rich spot on her way to Australia. Tezuka: Yes, I had to always insist he was a turtle… (All laugh) Because we wanted a character that wouldn’t feel out of place in the Mario universe, we decided on a turtle. She continues to swim against the current (which is at about 0.72km/h from the southeast at the moment) and she is also swimming against a rather strong 30km/h wind! That is an average of 29km per day! At 04:50 on 17 December we received our first location transmission. "She is in a lovely warm 27 degree (Celcius), with a very gentle SE current and a southerly wind of about 13km/h," the aquarium explained. She is moving cross-current at the moment with a rather strong surface wind in 18°C water – and I am sure she is having some good snacks along the way as she is moving between some seamounts along the Walvis Ridge. She is currently in nice 19.6°C water, about 88km south west of Saldanha and about 94km north west of Cape Town. When Yoshi returned a 5-yen coin dropped by the Ancient One, he took them in for their honesty, raised them as his sons, and taught them Ninjutsu. We have received 77 satellite pings from Yoshi and she has travelled a total of 410km since release 12 days ago. Trying to relate Mario characters to the real world will only give you a headache. Yoshi has travelled a very impressive 876km since her release on 16 December. Two Oceans Aquarium Curator Maryke Musson, whose relationship with this giant loggerhead goes back decades, reflects on the year of turtle travels. The captain of the fishing vessel had named her Yoshitaro, after the cook onboard who was rather small in stature himself. She travelled about 30km over the last 24 hours – definitely looking strong. Help us reach our goal of R150 000 for this cause - together we can achieve more. She has picked up her swimming pace slightly, with an average of 38km/day currently, and 27km/day for the entire journey since release. She will soon find herself in waters of 26°-28°C. After much research and discussion, we decided it would be in her best interest to be released and we spent 18 months preparing her for life back in the ocean. However, her average daily travelling distance is currently 31.3km. You can follow the journey of all these turtles in 2019 here. We believe she spent a day or two feeding about 2.5km from shore, well north of Doringbaai, before heading back offshore yesterday. She is currently in a very mild 19°C and it certainly appears as if she is heading back towards the southern tip of Africa. She would have encountered on both sides of our coastline – with the West Coast having slightly more offshore fisheries than the East Coast, she is actually a bit safer (clever Yoshi). On arrival in the port of Cape Town, they contacted the Two Oceans Aquarium, which opened to the public only two years prior, … Yoshi: The amazing story of a loggerhead turtle Read More » Given Yoshi’s age, her excellent health, and her display of certain behaviours, it was decided that it is time for her to be released back into the ocean. Yoshi’s straight-line distance from her release site is 963km’s at a heading of 333 degrees (NNW). The water temperature is about 22°C at her current location, and reasonably shallow, with seabed depth of just 15m. Pemba was released off Mabibi KZN on 8 March – her journey is in red. There are loggerhead nesting sites along northern Kwazulu-Natal, Mozambique, Oman, Japan, Australia, Cape Verde, Brazil, North America (Florida) as well as in the Mediterranean (Spain, Greece, Turkey). There are various seamounts along the way, which offer fantastic feeding grounds, and knowing Yoshi, we are sure she will head over to these for some feasting (not sure "fasting" is in her vocabulary). Global (28 January 2020) – Yoshi , a loggerhead turtle, was rescued from a boat in Table Bay Harbour by local authorities in 1996. The Namibian coastline is rather long, so at her current pace it could take her another two months before moving into the warmer waters off Angola. I was just wondering because I personally think hes a Dino, but a friend of mine thinks he's a turtle. See below the nesting sites for loggerheads: It is exciting to wonder – where is she going next? A sea turtle from Australia has officially left all other long-distance swimmers in her wake after recording nearly 22,000 miles in two years on her open water journey. She is thus swimming against the current, but she has the wind behind her. The Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation and Little Optimist Trust are spreading hope, healing and optimism by raising funds for sick kids and stricken sea turtles. Her average pace since release has been very constant at about 29 km/day. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? It seems as if she celebrated the New Year relaxing offshore, as she only travelled about 3.5km between 31 December and 1 January. We are very relieved that she has safely navigated her way through various fishing grounds. A 180 kilogram turtle named Yoshi is doing the rounds on social media which tracked her remarkable journey halfway around the world to locate her … Another 500km and she will be swimming past her fourth country! Yoshi may have been small in size, but her big personality was obvious right from the beginning. Yoshi has been back in the ocean now for 64 days, and she is making great progress up the West Coast. Read more about Project Turtle here. It has sent over 8 000 positions through 1 617 satellite passes! Yoshi’s tag has provided us with fantastic information. Even though the scientists saw many other loggerhead turtles, Yoshi did not surface to be re-tagged. She is currently about 100km west of Cape Columbine in a very mild water temperature ranging between 18.5 to 19.6°C. *Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. It is thought to be the longest animal journey — by distance and duration* — ever recorded by a satellite tag. We talked about this in a previous interview for the SNES Classic Edition, but Yoshi is a turtle, isn’t he? These rare events have been sufficient to prevent the two lineages from developing into separate species (Bowen 2003; Bowen and Karl 2007). Warmer waters increase a turtles digestion and metabolic rates, so Yoshi will consume more food as she finds herself in increasingly tropical waters as she migrates further north. and I dont want any "Hes a Dino/Turtle because I say so" because thats not a good reason Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle, weighing in at 183kg (403lbs) and measuring nearly 108cm is a legend at Two Oceans Aquarium. She is not using any current at the moment, but swimming against a rather strong South-Easterly wind. On 16 of December 2017, a satellite tagged Yoshi, together with 26 rehabilitated loggerhead turtle hatchlings, were released about 30 nautical miles off Cape Point into the warm currents of the open ocean. From April 2020, Yoshi decided to go into her own bit of lockdown, remaining along Eighty Mile Beach , a beautiful and remote 220 km stretch, between Port Hedland and Broome. It runs from the Namibian continental margin to the Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands. On the 18 June Yoshi made U-turn-turn (which is legal in the ocean) and stayed close to the Angolan shore, heading South. She is currently about 130km offshore from the Hardap region of Namibia. After this, she will swim past the Democratic Republic of Congo and then the Republic of Congo. ... Yoshi and dry bones are not related Yoshi is a dinosaur dry bones( im pretty sure ) is a old turtle like troopas. The water temperature where she is currently finding herself is a very respectable 19.4°C. The region Yoshi is in now, between Benguela City in the south and Luanda to her north, has historically been Angola's richest fishing region - and she is taking full advantage of the fertile, fish-laden waters. Posted March 07, 2020 08:12:43 Yoshi the turtle has gained widespread attention, and support, from ocean-lovers around the world. Yoshi’s travels. Yoshi has been exploring the Atlantic Ocean for 279 days now – what an incredible journey. Posted March 07, 2020 08:12:43 Yoshi the turtle has gained widespread attention, and support, from ocean-lovers around the world. Yoshi the loggerhead sea turtle seems to have found her home range along the Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia and is travelling less than before. Yoshi and Pemba have crossed paths and are heading off in opposite directions at the moment. The water temperature has increased to about 20.4°C, which she's surely enjoying. That is an impressive 24.4km/day. She is 23 kilometres west of where she was at the end of February. Scientists have tracked a loggerhead turtle from South Africa to the West Australian coast over the past two years Scientists think Yoshi may be have been hatched in Australia, and she is returning home An aquarium in Cape Town believes it's the first recorded movement of a sea turtle … They are only 147km apart. Since our last update, she moved 175km north before turning towards the coast, around 5 March, and slowly making her way back to Walvis Bay, where she is currently swimming around, about 3.42km from shore. Yoshi is a loggerhead turtle, which is a species of sea turtle named for its large head and powerful jaw. In some games, after Yoshi eats enemies, they turn into eggs, which can be thrown.One of Yoshi's best friends is Mario who helps Yoshi throughout the dangerous situations. Her average distance per day has reduced slightly to 27km, mainly due to a few days hanging out closer inshore, most likely feeding. Yeah exactly. He has a long tongue which he uses to grab enemies and eat them. Pemba is in a slightly chilly 17°C water, so that would have slowed her down a bit as well. She has another 1 000km of Angolan waters to cover before she reaches the DRC. Seventy days back in the ocean and swimming like a superstar. She is swimming against a strong SW wind, but with a relatively gentle current. Even though there's a shell on his back, Yoshi isn't a turtle, or a dinosaur, and in actual fact we don't know what Yoshi is! Yoshi has been out in the ocean now for 126 days. She is about 85km northwest of the Olifantsriver mouth, with water temperature closer to 17°C now. Yoshi is an absolute turtle celebrity and she is basically swimming the length of the Hollywood Walk of Fame 12 times every day. She passed Doringbaai on 7 January and started to move much closer to shore. In typical Yoshi behaviour, she likes doing her own thing. From Cape Town, through Namibia, to Angola and back down past Namibia – what a journey. At this point in time, she is swimming strongly, averaging just over 40km/day over the last two days, but with a daily average of about 35km/day since release. She, therefore, did a 380km loop over the last three weeks. Her average daily distance covered remains about 29.5 to 30.5km, which is really impressive. In total, she has travelled just over 7 500km with an average, since release, of 24km per day, which remains very impressive. One last consideration is that from images of the undead skeletons of dry bones and Dry Bowser, the limbs appear to articulate outside of the rib cage, on the front actually, whereas modern turtles have limb girdles tucked inside the rib cage so it’s possible that Yoshi may be related to or convergently evolved to resemble pareiasaurs. She followed a strict exercise routine to get her nice and fit. Yoshis are a race all their own, like other characters/enemies in the Mario universe. We expected her to explore the ocean for at least the first year – and then hopefully go find herself a turtle mate so that she can head back to the area where she originates from for nesting. Last week she was approximately 30 kilometres offshore in warm 28°C deep water, but she has since moved inshore to milder 24°C waters. Time will tell. She passed Henties Baai on 9 March, and was very close inshore. Yoshi was released a month ago and is well on her way to Namibian waters. Yoshi VS Turtle (Cute Cat Video) SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE NINJA TURTLES | ADHD; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Parody - Teenage Average Normal Turtles "Turtle Time" in Round 2 of THE PLAYERS; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Trailer: Entourage Parody; Japan: Sea turtle Yu Chan swims with prosthetic fins. The sea turtle's swim is "definitely a record-setting migration," the aquarium said in a blog post about Yosi's journey that started off the coast of Cape Town when she was released on Dec. 16, 2017. Yoshi the loggerhead turtle has found herself a new home, nearly three years after being released off Cape Point. Hopefully, the satellite tag will last long enough to tell us where Yoshi will go over the next couple of months. Loggerhead sea turtles are globally distributed – she could literally still go anywhere, however, it seems as if she is about to head towards the Northern Cape at the moment. Yoshi has now officially travelled just over 2 000 kilometres! Log In to add custom notes to this or any other game. We trust she is strong (and clever) enough to navigate her way safely around any hazards while heading for potential nesting sites. yoshi is a dinosaur turtle his dad was a dinosaur his mom a koopa turtle. So just like how they didn't make Mario human, they also didn't give Yoshi a real dinosaur name but rather just made up there own. Yoshi’s straight line distance from her release site is now 1 224km at a heading of 336 degrees, which means she has done more than 600km of exploring along the way. As this point in time, we are still not quite sure whether she will be heading up the east coast or west coast. Water temperature where she finds herself at the moment is a very acceptable 18.5°C. his species) is “T. She has found some great feeding grounds for herself along the coastline but also far out offshore around some very productive seamounts. The water was a very respectable 18 - 19.5°C. Yoshi was the size of a dinner plate when she first arrived here, via a fishing boat, in 1997. Turbulent week of weather ahead with 3 different storms tracking across US, Early indications show honeymoon period for Biden administration: POLL, President Joe Biden's inaugural parade to the Oval Office, Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain, GOP governor, Capitol rioter allegedly tweeted he wanted to 'assassinate' AOC. Along with the 183kg Yoshi, 27 rehabilitated hatchling loggerhead turtles were released. Hamato Yoshi was an orphan, who, begged in the streets of Tokyo Japan with his best friend, Yukio Mashimi, in the 1960s. She, of course, spent quite a bit of time exploring Cape Town waters and the coastline – with two visits rather close to shore (2km and 6km offshore) - compared to her current 130km offshore position, and that is why her total distance travelled is significantly more than the straight-line distance. From April 2020, Yoshi decided to go into her own bit of lockdown, remaining along Eighty Mile Beach , a beautiful and remote 220 km stretch, between Port Hedland and Broome. Even though the scientists saw many other loggerhead turtles, Yoshi did not surface to be re-tagged. "Yoshi has swum an incredible 35,400 km in the two years since her release - that's an amazing 48 km per day (no rests)," Two Oceans Aquarium announced on Twitter of the loggerhead turtle's lengthy migration path. Total distance travelled since release is 594km. Hamato Yoshi (濱戸喜, Hamato Yoshi) is a central character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. Weighing 183kg, Yoshi was released 27 nautical miles south … Yoshi did indeed feast along the Namibian coast during an impressive jelly-bloom, and since our last update she has moved offshore again in a north-westerly direction. She is about 14km offshore in water temperatures of about 21.6°C. Yoshi has been at sea for 147 days, covering a total distance of 4000 kilometres! At approximately 25 years of age, we knew she was maturing and her breeding instincts started kicking in. Yoshi has been spending a lot of time along the coasts of the Angolan provinces of Benguela and Cuanza Sul - she has so-far passed three of Angola's seven coastal regions. We talked about this in a previous interview for the SNES Classic Edition, but Yoshi is a turtle, isn’t he? The water temperature is getting a bit warmer, and is a lovely, temperate 19.5 to 20°C at her current location. Pemba has been back in the ocean after quite an extensive rehabilitation process at both the Two Oceans Aquarium and uShaka Marine World. Since the last update, Yoshi has travelled about 368 kilometres, forming a big half-loop around some seamounts west of Sumbe, Angola. Yoshi has a carefree and easygoing personality. It is amazing to see how their paths have crossed quite a few times. It supports high biological diversity including corals and many threatened seabirds. Yoshi support. Yoshi is definitely still exploring offshore Cape Town. After a year of being lost while picking mushrooms (in the Funimation dub this was changed to him getting in a race with a hare as a reference to the classic table "The Tortoise and the Hare" presumably in reference to Goku's habit of mistakingly calling Turtle a Tortoise), Turtle ended up in Skull Valley one morning where he met Goku and was almost mistaken for a rock. What an incredible piece of equipment to have on her back – we have learnt so much, however, we still do not know where she is originally from. She has surfaced regularly (we know this as the satellite tag only transmits when she surfaces and it is in the line of view of satellites), which is a good indication of regular breathing. Yoshi was found in 1997 by a Japanese fisherman. This basically means that if you were in a boat and used your GPS to direct you on a straight-line at 333°, you would find Yoshi after travelling for 963km’s (which is about 520 nautical miles). She has travelled 1 860km already. The straight-line distance from release site to current position is just short of 500km, and her heading from release site is at 342°. She has covered more than 6000km over the 223 days back in the ocean. She is currently about 10km west of the Angolan coastline and about 4.5km north of Ghost Island. The two boys grew up together in the same house and learning the same arts. She is currently about 65km west of Hondeklipbaai, in 18°C water. Yoshi, a loggerhead turtle, recently broken all the records by swimming from South Africa to Australia. Hamato Yoshi is a Japanese martial arts master who is somewhat related to Splinter, in some incarnations, he was Splinter's owner until he was killed by the Shredder, while in other incarnations, he was the human form of Splinter before he was either mutated or reincarnated after his death. What an adventure. His species is Yoshi. Pemba seems to be enjoying a gentle ride in the currents off Namibia and is currently moving slower than Yoshi. Yoshi support. Her satellite tag sends a signal every time she surfaces. If you look closly, you can see his/her shell. She has moved against the southeasterly wind again, which is a very good sign that she is feeling strong. Five turtle species have been reported off the Angolan coast, with olive ridley, green and leatherback turtles nesting along this coastline. 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