Dilly Dally, the adolescent loggerhead sea turtle, crawled into the Atlantic Ocean at Juno Beach, Florida, just months after losing a flipper to predator wounds and surviving surgery. Crowds cheered as she scooted across the sand, her shell now sporting a live satellite tag for public tracking. “Every time we can release a turtle back into the wild is special,” said a veterinary technician from Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

After stormy weather nearly delayed her release, Dilly Dally was carried to the high-tide line and set loose, her three-fin crawl drawing cheers from beachgoers. Thanks to a Smithsonian-partnered satellite tracker, the world can now follow her journey—no one really knows what three-flipper turtles do next, making this a win for science and sea turtle fans alike.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center and the Smithsonian teamed up to tag Dilly Dally, making her one of the first three-flipper turtles the public can track in real time.