WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - Folks from the Gulf Specimen Aquarium are saying goodbye to their loggerhead sea turtle named Little Girl as she is heading back to her home in the Gulf of Mexico.
She was released just a few hours ago at the Bald Point State Park.
Little Girl has been a resident in the Wakulla County Educational Facility since 2007.
Little Girl was part of a program to test the efficacy of turtle excluder devices.
She was among a handful of turtles that popped up to the surface, and floated because she had gas in her upper shell .
After that she was deemed un-releasable by the turtle scientists and remained in captivity, until now.
Executive directors for the aquarium say she's been the highlight for the facility.
More than 180,000 visitors said hello to her since her arrival since 2007.
Now she's headed back to her home in the wild.
