Name a wild animal — and follow its real journey, one day at a time.

A plush or a digital gift with 30 days of a real route recorded by scientists, opened one evening at a time.

Choose your animal

The journey ofMarina

Sample: Marina, a loggerhead turtle, day 6 of 30 — recorded 14 July 2018

Choose your animal

Real journeys recorded by scientists. The numbers are their first 30 days, the days your gift opens.

  • Scientific ID SZN140

    A loggerhead sea turtle as a die-cut album sticker (species illustration).

    Loggerhead sea turtle

    Caretta caretta · Mediterranean Sea

    From the Aeolian Islands to the waters off Tropea, July–August 2018.

    from €19,90

    Choose the turtle

  • Scientific ID 65787

    A young emperor penguin as a die-cut album sticker (species illustration).

    Emperor penguin

    Aptenodytes forsteri · Antarctica

    From Atka Bay, Antarctica, beyond 60° South, January–February 2019.

    from €19,90

    Choose the penguin

  • Scientific ID AM108

    An African elephant as a die-cut album sticker (species illustration).

    African elephant

    Loxodonta africana · Kruger National Park

    From near Phabeni Gate to the country around Orpen, June–July 2008.

    €19,90

    Choose the elephant

  • Scientific ID 38_GPS

    A polar bear as a die-cut album sticker (species illustration).

    Polar bear

    Ursus maritimus · Beaufort Sea

    From Canadian waters to the sea off Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, October 2004.

    €19,90

    Choose the polar bear

What you can give

Every gift includes the journey. Choose how it arrives.

  • Digital journey

    €19,90

    • The link to the 30-day journey
    • A printable PDF certificate
    • Your message, on the date you choose

    Delivered by email in a minute.

  • Plush + journey

    €34,90

    • A soft plush: 28 cm turtle or 27 cm penguin
    • A gift card to print, with the QR code to open the journey
    • The 30-day journey and its certificate

    Delivery in 3–5 days with tracking. The gift card and the journey come by email in a minute.

  • Plush + bracelet or keyring + journey

    €44,90 – €49,90

    • The plush and a gift card to print, with the QR code
    • A bracelet with the turtle gift, or a plush keyring with the penguin gift
    • The 30-day journey and its certificate

    Delivery in 3–5 days with tracking. The gift card and the journey come by email in a minute.

Every option comes with the same real journey.

What happens after you buy

  1. The gift card to print, with the QR code that opens the journey.

    They open the card or the link

    A gift card you print, with a QR code, or a link you send. Both come by email in a minute. The journey starts when they open it, not before.

  2. They give the animal a name

    Unless you already chose it. The name appears on the map and on the certificate.

  3. One new day every evening

    For 30 days, a new day of the real route opens each evening. Every day already opened stays visible, and the certificate is theirs to keep.

Where the journeys come from

Real journeys recorded by scientists between 2004 and 2019, replayed one day at a time. Not live tracking.

Loggerhead sea turtle SZN140: Chimienti M, Blasi MF, Hochscheid S (2020), Satellite Tracking of Oceanic Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean, Movebank Data Repository, licence CC0.

Emperor penguin 65787: Houstin A, Zitterbart DP, Heerah K, Eisen O, Planas-Bielsa V, Fabry B, Le Bohec C (2022), Data from: Juvenile emperor penguin range calls for extended conservation measures in the Southern Ocean, Movebank Data Repository, doi 10.5441/001/1.sg2s0f7q, licence CC0.

MapMyPet is a gift shop, not a charity: your purchase pays for the gift. The data comes from open scientific studies, credited on every page. The name you choose is a gift name; other people may follow the same journey under other names.