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綠蠵龜 望安二號回來了


  失蹤近四年的綠蠵龜「望安二號」回來了。海洋大學教 授程一駿上午表示,牠的出現,更加證明台灣綠蠵龜洄游週期應該在三到四年 之間。

  「望安一號」與「望安二號」是在民國八十三年八月二十日參加程一駿的洄 游路線實驗計畫,當時牠們從澎湖望安海域出發,龜甲上都各黏一座發報器。 從衛星接收的訊號顯示,望安一號一出海就直往日本海域游去;望安二號則貪 玩,一直在台灣附近海域遊蕩,然後到了基隆外海後就消失無蹤。

  望安一號在去年時重回澎湖望安海灘,整個洄游週期是三年。這當中,牠最 遠去到了日本的蹬州島。而望安二號則訊息全無,最後一筆紀錄是發自台北福 德坑垃圾場。程一駿因此猜測,牠很可能在洄游期間被漁民給撈起來賣給老饕 吃了。

  不過,最近這段期間,又值綠蠵龜產卵季。七月一日,程一駿等研究人員將 所有觀察和研究器材搬到澎湖望安來,準備開始上工。才來第一天,研究人員 就在天台山和水庫一帶海灘找到了11窩的龜蛋,並發現有9隻龜媽媽上岸來;其 中,有一窩是望安二號的成績,七月二日,竟然悄悄爬回澎湖望安海灘產卵。 原來,牠只是背甲上的發報器搞丟,給漁民撈起來扔到福德坑垃圾場,並未遭 殃進了老饕的五臟廟。

  研究人員是從望安二號背上的標號確認了牠的身分,並趕緊拿尺量一量牠的 身材,結果發現,望安二號長大了,四年前,牠的直線背甲只有88公分長,現 在長為95公分長;曲線背甲原有94公分,現在增長為102公分。

  程一駿指出,去年望安一號約三年後重回澎湖;而望安二號歸來,僅比望安 一號多了一年,因此,這項實驗證明了台灣的綠蠵龜洄游週期相當短,約三到 四年,世界其他地區的綠蠵龜最多可到九年。


資料來源:中時晚報 1998.07.06 陳世財/台北報導