Satellite tracking to unravel mystery of the leatherback

A SATELLITE tracking device to be attached to a giant leatherback turtle, found in the Dingle Peninsula, should help solve some of the mysteries of the creature’s movements.

The turtle, which weighs about a ton and is seven feet long, was discovered stuck on lobster pot ropes off Brandon Creek.

The female, believed to be less than 100 years old, is from a species that can live to be 200 years old, Department of the Marine official Kevin Flannery said yesterday.