It's a trek that would only qualify as a sprint by the very relaxed standards of turtles that can grow bigger than 2, 000 pounds.

CNN: Endangered turtles race to save their future

In a novel initiative that may help to secure the creatures' future, 11 turtles are currently being satellite tracked on their 2, 000-kilometer (1, 200-mile) annual migration from the beaches of Central America to their traditional feeding areas around the Galapagos Islands off the coast of the South America.

CNN: Turtles in race to beat extinction