See where "Humpty Dumpty" was from 1/2/99-5/3/99 Track "Humpty Dumpty" Movements "Humpty Dumpty" traveled back to Gray's Reef where she was captured during a tagging cruise in July 1998. Thomas Potts from NURC and Alex Score from Gray's Reef capture loggerhead seaturtle. (Photograph by Karen Angle)   Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) off the coast of Georgia is one of the largest near shore rock reef habitats found off the southeast coast. As such it is an important habitat for sea turtles. The sanctuary staff monitors the movements and behavior of adult and juvenile loggerhead sea turtles off the Georgia coast by attaching small satellite transmitters to the shells of turtles captured at the reef orfrom the beaches of Georgia's barrier islands. Gray's Reef has tagged over six turtles and provided the satellite tracking data over the internet for those interested in the science of endangered and threatened species. In July 1998, GRNMS divers captured an injured juvenile loggerhead sea turtle with a cracked shell resting beneath a reef feature 70 feet underwater. The turtle nicknamed "Humpty Dumpty" was transferred to Marineland, Florida where it was rehabilitated with daily antibiotic treatments to stave off infection. If the turtle had not been captured, it would most likely have succumbed to bacterial infection. Two months later, the shell healed and infection was avoided. Humpty Dumpty was released with a satellite transmitter on September 27, 1998, by Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer in Residence, off Ossabaw Sound. By placing a satellite tag on "Humpty Dumpty" students, scientists and the public were able to monitor her progress and migration on the internet. Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and Humpty Dumpty during satellite tagging. (Photograph Matt Gilligan, Savannah State University)     Alex Score, Gray's Reef, asseses Humpty Dumpty after capture. (Photograph Karen Angle)       I   Other Related Information Other turtles studies at Gray's Reef TRACK OTHER TURTLES ON THE WEB Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Satellite Tagging Project (poster presented to the 1998 International Sea Turtle Symposium)