Ocean animals also use surface currents to travel around the world. One example

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Ocean animals also use surface currents to travel around the world. One example is the Loggerhead Turtle. Baby turtles hatch on the beaches in the Caribbean Sea and Florida then enter the Atlantic Ocean but they are much too small to swim very far. Researchers recently managed to attach tiny GPS trackers to the baby turtles. Use the resulting data shown below (along with the ocean current map above) to work out which current they are using to travel.

California Current

Gulf Stream

North Equatorial Current

Canary Current

Explanation / Answer

They are using Guf stream. This current (Gulf stream) travels from near by area of Florida to mid Atlantic ocean and move towards north Atlantic Drift. It is easier for baby turtle to move parallel to Gulf stream to enter Atlantic ocean.

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