[Taxacom] Tortoise self-rafting sea voyage

[Geoff Read]

Interesting report on a large tortoise which walked out of the sea on a 
Tanzania beach, reckoned to have drifted from Aldabra atoll (740km). It 
had a lovely crop of barnacles.

Gerlach, J., Muir, C. & Richmond, M.D. (2006) The first substantiated 
case of trans-oceanic tortoise dispersal. Journal of Natural History, 
40, 2403 - 2408.

http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&title=Journal%20of%20Natural%20History&issn=0022%2d2933&volume=40&issue=41&spage=2403&epage=2408&doi=10%2e1080%2f00222930601058290&date=2006&atitle=The%20first%20substantiated%20case%20of%20trans%2doceanic%20tortoise%20dispersal&aulast=Gerlach&aufirst=Justin&auinit=D%2e&sid=informa%3ainformaworld


Geoff
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